Christian Krekel PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Chair of International Economics
Contact
Work
S1|03 187
Hochschulstraße 1
64289
Darmstadt
Employment
since 08/2019 Assistant Professor in Behavioural Science at Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics, London, UK
Affiliations
since 06/2025 Visiting Assistant Professor at the Chair of International Economics, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
since 08/2019 Research Associate at Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London School of Economics, London, UK
since 08/2019 Research Associate at Wellbeing Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Education
09/2015 – 09/2017 PhD in Economics at Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
09/2010 – 06/2011 MSc in Economic History at London School of Economics, London, UK
09/2009 – 06/2010 MSc in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Research Fields
Behavioural Economics, Wellbeing
Policy Appraisal and Evaluation, Applied Microeconometrics
Selected Awards
2014 Young Economist Award, European Economic Association
Krekel, C., G. Kavetsos, N. Ziebarth (2025). Passing on the flame: Do mega sports events promote health behaviours? Social Science & Medicine, 377, 117921. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117921
Krekel, C., G. Shreedhar, H. Lee, C. Marshall, A. Boler, A. Smith, & P. Dolan (2024). Happy to Help: Welfare Effects of a Nationwide Volunteering Programme. Review of Economics and Statistics, Online First. DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01533
Frijters, P., & C. Krekel (2021). A Handbook for Wellbeing Policy-Making. Oxford University Press. Open Access (opens in new tab)
Dolan, P., G. Kavetsos, C. Krekel, D. Mavridis, R. Metcalfe, C. Senik, S. Szymanski, & N. Ziebarth (2019). Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data. Journal of Public Economics, 177, 1-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.07.002
Krekel, C., & A. Zerrahn (2017). Does the presence of wind turbines have negative externalities for people in their surroundings? Evidence from well-being data. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 82, 221-238. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.11.009