Chair of Economics, esp. Transport Policy and Spatial Economics

News

Sep 24, 2026

Article published in Research in Transportation Economics

In collaboration with our team member Nunnapas Saereeporncharenkul, our department chair, Prof. Dr. Georg Hirte, has published an article titled “Can autonomous vehicles mitigate spatial grid network issues caused by electric vehicles? A microeconomic assessment” in the journal "Research in …

Aug 04, 2026

Our graduate receives the Max Brauer Foundation's Prize from the Hamburg Hochbahn

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Jul 31, 2026

From a chair trip to TV

Overview

Courses

Which lectures and tutorials are held in the current semester? Who is the contact for which course? In which room are the courses and when do they begin?

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Theses

You would like to write your final thesis in the field of spatial economics or transport policy? On the following pages you can find organizational information as well as current topics and finished theses...

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Research

The research of our team is concentrated on the field of spatial and environmental economics as well as transport policy.

The chair

The Chair of Economics, esp. Transport Policy and Spatial Economics is part of the Institute for Transport and Economics of "Friedrich List" Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. Additionally, we cooperate with the Faculty of Business and Economics and supply courses for its students.

Spatial Economics
We look at problems of regional economics that are for instance dealing with location decisions or regional development. Besides, we deal with the effect of climate policy on cities as well as migration and household decisions.

Transport Policy
In the field of transport policy we cover issues concerning infrastructure, regulation, pricing as well as cost-benefit analysis.

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Visiting address:

Falkenbrunnen (FAL), Room 017 Würzburger Str. 35

01187 Dresden

Germany

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postal

Postal address:

TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Wirtschaft und Verkehr
Professur für VWL, insb. Verkehrspolitik und Raumwirtschaft c/o Kerstin Geßner

01062 Dresden

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fax Fax: +49 351 463-36819

Office hours:

Monday to Friday:: 08:00 - 16:00