Christina Petrik is a doctoral student at the Chair of Development Economics and a member of the DFG Research Training Group 2720: “Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE) “. She completed her Master's degree in International Economics and Business at the University of Passau, where she also obtained her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Economics.

During her Master’s, she worked at the Chair of Development Economics as a tutor for Microeconomics. In addition, she has been employed at RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, at the Chair of Economic Theory and at the Computational Statistics and Mathematics Teaching Unit.

Her research interests lie within the field of Development Economics with a particular focus on digitalization, technology adoption, and Microfinance. Her doctoral thesis will deal with the effects of digital platform ecosystems on households and firms in Sub-Saharan Africa, which will be analyzed with the help of field experiments. Furthermore, she is conducting a meta-analysis on the experimental Microfinance literature.

Curriculum Vitae

Winter term 2024/25

Mikroökonomik, tutorial (BA)

Past terms

• Micro Development Economics, tutorial (MA)
• Evaluation of Development Policies, tutorial (MA)
• Growth and Development, tutorial (BA)
• Mikroökonomik, tutorial (BA)
• ​​​​​​​Development Economics Seminar (BA)