Steffen Zetzmann

Steffen Zetzmann serves as a Research Fellow at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, contributing to the President's research team and the Greix - German Real Estate Index project since February 2024. Concurrently, he pursues his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Mannheim's Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, leveraging interdisciplinary academic training.

His educational background includes dual Bachelor's degrees in Economics (B.Sc.) and Philosophy (B.A.) from the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, followed by a Master's degree in Economics (M.Sc.) from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. This foundation supports his analytical approach to complex socioeconomic systems.

Zetzmann's research centers on macrofinance, financial stability, housing markets, and economic resilience, examining how energy cost shocks distribute across housing segments and how urban real estate withstands economic crises. His work bridges theoretical macroeconomics with empirical market analysis, emphasizing policy-relevant insights for financial system robustness.

Through the GREIX project, he analyzes German real estate trends across six 2024-2025 publications, revealing slowing house price growth, rental market stabilization, and disproportionate downturn impacts on central urban locations since 2022. These studies highlight cyclical patterns where new construction nears price peaks while broader markets show resilience amid uncertainty.

Scientific awards are not documented in available sources.

No information exists regarding students supervised or research grants secured by Zetzmann, reflecting his early-career research focus rather than teaching or grant leadership roles.

As a core member of the Research Center Macroeconomics, Zetzmann collaborates within the Greix team to produce quarterly indices tracking German housing and rental markets, generating timely data for policymakers on market vulnerabilities and recovery trajectories.