Carsten Källner has been a PhD Candidate at the Complexity Science Hub since May 2024.

His current research interest lies in the decision-making dynamics within naturally formed networks. He joined the project on migration to investigate their dynamics and impact on societies, economies, and individuals.

Carsten holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in European Economic Science from the University of Bamberg. His bachelor’s thesis is centered around the heterogeneity of goods and the impact of asymmetric information on market structures. In his master’s program he focused on agent-based modelling and interdependency of economic agents with his thesis employing a homophilic network structure to tax evasion dynamics. During his studies he assisted Jan Schulz-Gebhard and Daniel Mayerhoffer in their project on social comparisons and inequality perception in homophilic networks.

In addition to his academic experience, he has a background in policy advocacy at a European level in Brussels, in IT project management, and finance.