Diploma Economist

Dr. Gerrit von Jorck is a senior researcher at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), where he works within the Professorship for Economics, focusing on environmental, energy, and resource economics. His research explores the intersection of ecological sustainability, labor, and social transformation, with a particular interest in how sustainable forms of work can be designed and supported through education and institutional change. Alongside his research, Gerrit von Jorck teaches in the fields of economics and sociology, emphasizing the societal dimensions of engineering, labor, and sustainability.

For publications, current research projects and networks, see here

Main focus

Research:

• Thematic Areas: Ecological Economics, Education for Sustainable Development, Environmental Labour Studies, Sustainability Transitions, Sustainable Work
• Quantitative Methods: Choice Experiments, Employee Surveys, Online Surveys
• Qualitative Methods: Observation, Discourse Analysis, Document Analysis, Case Studies, Group Discussions, Semi-structured and Expert Interviews, Narrative Interviews, Systematic Literature Review
• Participatory Methods: Design Thinking, Most Significant Change Method, Value Creation Method

Teaching:

• Microeconomics
• Sociology of the Engineering Profession
• Ecological Economics
• Sociology of Work, Industry, Environment, and Economy
   

Experience

• Since 2023: Senior researcher, Professorship for Economics (Environmental, Energy, and Resource Economics), HWR Berlin
• Since 2021: Lecturer, Sociology of the Engineering Profession, Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin)
• Since 2015: Fellow, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW)
• 2016 – 2024:  Research Associate, Division of Economics and Sustainable Consumption, TU Berlin
• 2021: Research Fellow, Laboratoire Ville Mobilité Transport, Université Gustave Eiffel (France)
• 2015 – 2016: Lecturer (Special Appointment), Institute for Socioeconomics, University of Duisburg-Essen
• 2015 – 2016: Lecturer, Science Bears Responsibility, Leuphana University Lüneburg
• 2012 – 2015: Research Assistant, IÖW
   

Education

• 2018 – 2025: PhD in Work Studies, Shaping Sustainable Work: The Role of Time Wealth, Remote Work, and Trade Union Education, TU Berlin
• 2013 – 2018: Studies in Philosophy (no degree), University of Potsdam
• 2006 – 2013: Diploma in Economics (Social Science Orientation), University of Cologne
• 2008 – 2012: B. A. in Cultural Studies and Philosophy, TU Berlin
• 2010 – 2011: Master’s Certificate in Economic and Public Policy of Central and Eastern Europe, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary)
• 2008: Erasmus Studies in Empirical Social Research, Utrecht University (Netherlands)