Coşkun Tunçer is Professor of Economic History at University College London. His research sits at the intersection of financial history and inequality, with a particular focus on the Middle East and other emerging markets. During his time at CASFI, he will be working on two main projects: a book project on political regime type and sovereign risk in nineteenth-century bond markets, and a study of long-term house prices and wealth inequality in the Ottoman Empire from 1600 to 1914.
Lovisa Reiche is an Assistant Professor of Finance at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, having recently completed her PhD in Economics at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the intersection of macroeconomic expectations, monetary economics, and household finance. Her work develops theoretical and empirical frameworks to understand the vast heterogeneity in how households process economic information. She is currently working on the gender gap in inflation expectations, examining how factors like financial literacy, forecast confidence, and exposure to salient prices influence everyday financial decisions. Follow up work also reveals how divergent economic perceptions can drive broader societal outcomes, including their role in widening the gender wage gap during inflationary periods.
CASFI is delighted to welcome Coşkun Tunçer and Lovisa Reiche. Both will be conducting research in Bonn from May to July 2026.