FCCR: Frankfurt Competence Centre for German & Global Regulation

President & CEO / Professor of Strategy

Since April 2018, Professor Dr Nils Stieglitz has been President and CEO of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. An expert in strategic management and organisational design, he has held several leadership roles at Frankfurt School, including Vice President of Corporate Development.

His research focuses on strategic decision-making, entrepreneurial risk-taking and organisational learning, with numerous publications in leading academic journals. Before joining Frankfurt School, he held professorships and research positions at institutions including the University of Southern Denmark.

Professor of Comparative Politics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)

Sandra Eckert holds the Professorship of Comparative Politics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Previously, she conducted research as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND Fellow and Associate Professor at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) at Aarhus University in Denmark. Her previous positions also include a junior professorship in Politics in the European Multilevel System at the Institute of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt.

She is the author of two monographs (Manchester University Press, 2015; Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and has published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, the Journal of European Integration and Regulation & Governance.

Professor of Health Management at Frankfurt School

Afschin Gandjour ist Arzt, Gesundheitsökonom und Philosoph. Seine Forschung konzentriert sich auf Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen im Gesundheitswesen, Entscheidungsmodelle und die Preisbestimmung von Arzneimitteln. Er hat Abschlüsse von der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover (Dr. med.), der Duke University in den USA (M.B.A.), der Universität zu Köln (Dr. rer. pol., Wirtschaftswissenschaften) und der Universität Düsseldorf (M.A., Philosophie) erworben. Als einer der forschungsstärksten Professoren im Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Deutschland (Nr. 20 im Ranking der Wirtschaftswoche 2022) hat er 2023 Studien mit plausiblem gesundheitspolitischem Impact veröffentlicht, darunter die ökonomische Bewertung des Gesetzentwurfs zur Bekämpfung von Lieferengpässen bei Arzneimitteln und eine Untersuchung zu den Kosten von Long COVID für die deutsche Wirtschaft und das Gesundheits- und Rentensystem.

Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

Professor Lodge has been a member of the Department of Government at the London School of Economics (LSE) since 2002. Previously, he was Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown and Senior Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR). Professor Lodge is currently Director of CARR.

From 2000 to 2010, Professor Lodge was an editor of the journal West European Politics. Since 2011, he has been Managing Editor of Public Administration. He is a founding member of the PSA Specialist Group on Executive Politics & Governance, co-editor of the Palgrave book series of the same name, a member of the editorial board of West European Politics and vice-chair of the IPSA Research Committee on ‘Structure and Organisation of Government’.

Professor Lodge leads the TransCrisis research consortium, a Horizon 2020 project on transboundary crisis management capacities (2015–18). The project was hosted by CARR.

Professor of Philosophy

Christine Tiefensee is Professor of Philosophy at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and is mainly involved in the ‘Management, Philosophy & Economics’ programme. She studied philosophy and political science at the universities of Mannheim, Mainz and Nottingham and completed her Magister degree at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in 2006. After completing her doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 2011, she returned to academia and worked at the University of Bamberg before moving to Frankfurt School in 2014. Tiefensee’s research focuses on metaethical questions concerning normativity and current debates in the philosophy of language. She is also interested in ethics, rationality, political philosophy and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Professor of Financial and Monetary Economics

Emanuel Moench is a recognised expert in financial and monetary economics and teaches as a professor at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. His impressive career spans senior positions such as head of the Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank and a professorship at Goethe University Frankfurt, following his time as a Research Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. His research, which lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance, has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Finance and the Review of Financial Studies. Emanuel Moench’s expertise is further underlined by prestigious awards such as the Amundi Smith Breeden First Prize of the Journal of Finance in 2015.

Professor of Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Law and European Law

Professor Dr Christoph Schalast has been at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since September 2002, specialising in mergers & acquisitions and European law. With a background in law and political science, he has extensive expertise in M&A, banking and capital markets law. As the founder of the renowned law firm Schalast Rechtsanwälte Notare, he has a significant influence on the legal industry. As Academic Director of the Master of Mergers & Acquisitions programme, he actively shapes the field through teaching and leadership. As chair of various supervisory boards and a sought-after legal expert in Germany, he also contributes to the further development of the industry.

Oliver Schenker is Deputy Head of the ZEW Research Unit ‘Environmental and Climate Economics’. 

He is also an associate member of the Sustainable Finance Research Platform and Senior Advisor to the think tank Climate & Company. Previously, he was Robert Bosch Junior Professor for the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and the Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance. He received his doctorate from the University of Bern, where he also completed his studies. His research focuses on the design of efficient and effective climate and environmental policy. He is particularly interested in the effects of policy interventions in a globalised and interdependent world. His research has been published in the Journal of Public Economics, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and Nature Energy, among others.

Vice President Research / Professor of Finance

Sascha Steffen is Professor of Finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and DWS Senior Chair in Finance. His research focuses on financial markets, regulation and the real sector, using innovative methods and data. In current projects, he examines the effects of the growing shadow banking sector, bank cartels in loan syndications and Brexit. His research has been published in leading academic journals and has received numerous awards. It is supported by the FDIC, the DFG and other organisations. He is also a Lamfalussy Fellow of the ECB. Sascha Steffen is a sought-after speaker at international conferences and acts as an adviser to banks, central banks and asset managers.

Professor of Sustainable Energy Finance 

Ulf Moslener is Professor of Sustainable Energy Finance at Frankfurt School, where he is also Scientific Director of the Frankfurt School – UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance. His research areas include the economics of climate change, sustainable finance and climate finance. He represented the Federal Republic of Germany during the establishment phase of the UN Standing Committee on Climate Finance and is currently Vice Chair of the Advisory Group of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) at the World Bank and Deputy Chair of the Board of the Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany. Ulf Moslener is a founding member of the Sustainable Finance Research Platform and has extensive experience in research and practice, including positions at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) and KfW Group.

Professor of Practice in Digital Finance and Technology

Co-Pierre Georg is Professor of Practice in Digital Finance and Technology at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Director of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center. He conducts research in the field of financial technology. His work has been published in leading international journals such as the Journal of Economic Theory, Research Policy, Operations Research and Nature Physics. He received his doctorate in economics from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and completed his master’s degree at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Previously, Co-Pierre Georg was a professor at the University of Cape Town, where he held the NRF/DSI Dual Research Chair in Blockchain Technology. He was also an economist at the Research Centre of the Deutsche Bundesbank and is a Research Associate at the Center for Global Legal Transformation at Columbia University and at the Oxford Martin School.

Professor of Practice in Central Banking

Professor Dr Jens Weidmann has been Professor of Practice in Central Banking at the Department of Finance of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management since June 2023. As Chair of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG and a member of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code, he brings extensive expertise in the banking and financial sector. From 2011 to 2021, he was President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and a member of the Governing Council of the ECB, as well as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements. Previously, he served as economic and financial policy adviser to Chancellor Merkel at the Federal Chancellery and held key positions at the International Monetary Fund, the German Council of Economic Experts and the Bundesbank. He studied in Aix-en-Provence and Bonn, where he also received his doctorate.

Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Patrick A. McLaughlin is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He initiated the RegData and QuantGov projects. His research focuses on regulation and regulatory processes. Dr McLaughlin has published more than thirty peer-reviewed journal articles and has testified before both houses of Congress and before state legislatures. He received his PhD in economics from Clemson University. Previously, Dr Patrick A. McLaughlin was Director of Policy Analytics and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Before joining Mercatus, Dr McLaughlin was a Senior Economist at the Federal Railroad Administration in the US Department of Transportation and a visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University.