Max Schulze

Professor Max Schulze is a faculty member in the Department of Economic History at the London School of Economics (LSE). His primary research focuses on European economic history, particularly the economic development of the Habsburg Empire, market integration processes, long-run economic growth, and historical economic geography. He holds a professorial appointment with active involvement in teaching and research.

Research & Grants

• Leverhulme Trust-funded project: 'Integration and Growth: Capital and Goods Markets in 14th to 18th Century Europe' (with Oliver Volckart)
• ERC-funded 'Market Integration and the Welfare of Europeans' (with Giovanni Federico)
• ESRC grant: 'Market Access, Endowments, Industrial Location: The Habsburg Economy, 1870-1913'
• Fritz Thyssen Stiftung project: 'Das Handelsnetz Zentraleuropas: Preisintegration und interregionaler Handel'

Teaching

Recent courses include EH312: 'Knowledge, Technology and Economy from the Middle Ages to Modernity.'

Publications

His work spans analyses of Habsburg economic structures, post-WWI regional inequality, and comparative industrialization patterns. Key themes include border effects, capital market integration, and the economic legacies of imperial systems.