Job Market Candidates ROA

Discover our PhD candidates on the 2025–2026 job market

Explore their profiles, CVs, and personal websites to learn more about their research and achievements.

  • Madelon Jacobs

    • Personal website
    • PhD thesis: From Skills to Performance: The Effects of Educational Policies on Skills
    • Research interests: Social inequalities; policy evaluation; educational assessment; cognitive and non-cognitive skills
    • CV

  • Mantej Pardesi

    • Personal website
    • Job Market Paper: Technology spikes and skill formation adjustment
    • Research interests: Technological change, Skill formation, Firm productivity, Apprenticeship training
    • CV

  • Nicholas Rounding

    • Personal website
    • Job Market Paper: Robots or Workers? Minimum Wage Effects on Routine Employment in Germany
    • Research interests: Technology diffusion, labour and firm productivity, causal inference, future of work, labour market policy
    • CV

  • Felix Seifert

    • Personal website
    • Job Market Paper: Psychological Drivers of Skill Shortages in the Labor Market: Evidence from Field Experiments
    • Research interests: Economic psychology, behavioural economics, field experiments, AI in education, STEM choice

  • Sabine van der Veer

    • LinkedIn
    • PhD thesis: Parents’ role in children’s BMI, lifestyle, and educational success
    • Research interests: Health, lifestyle, education, family influences, social inequalities
    • CV