Karsten Kohler

Dr. Karsten Kohler is an Associate Professor in Economics at Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds. He holds a PhD from Kingston University and has taught at King’s College London and Leeds. His research focuses on open-economy macroeconomics, international finance, political economy, financialisation, and income distribution, with a particular interest in cyclical dynamics, financial instability, and inequality. He co-leads research projects on financial cycles and capital flows, including the Leverhulme Trust-funded The Political Economy of Growth Models in an Age of Stagnation. Kohler’s work bridges macroeconomics, finance, and political economy, addressing topics like exchange rate policies in emerging markets, energy price shocks, and housing cycles. He has co-developed the DIY Macroeconomic Model Simulation platform for teaching and research.

Education: PhD Economics (Kingston University), MA International Economics (Berlin School of Economics and Law), MA Economics and International Finance (Université Paris-13), MA Political Economy (Kingston University). Professional memberships include the Post Keynesian Economics Society and the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.

His research outputs span journals such as the Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, and Review of International Political Economy. He is currently teaching modules on growth theories and macroeconomics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Advising students include Dash Anderson and Nitin Nair. Recent projects include work on multilateral development banks’ local currency lending and Eurozone financial dynamics.