Oliver Wach studied economics at LMU Munich and Humboldt University of Berlin. He also gained research experience as a student research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich and at the Chair of Applied Microeconomics at Humboldt University of Berlin. He spent semesters abroad at IDC Herzliya and HSE University in Moscow. After successfully completing his PhD, he joined the University of Mannheim as a Postdoctoral Researcher in September 2026. His research focuses on economic history and economic development. In particular, he studies the long-term effects of historical events such as forced migration and border changes, as well as ideological policies, on economic development, with a regional focus on Poland and Eastern Europe. In addition, his research examines technological transformations in Scandinavia.

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M.Sc. in Economics, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2020

B.Sc. in Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2017