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Professional background

Dr Markus Janser is a senior researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). He does research on labour market effects of environmental and climate policies, regional impacts of the ecological transformation, and occupational changes (e.g., greening of jobs, digitalisation). Markus Janser received his doctorate from the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg (Chair of Sociology). The title of his doctoral thesis was: “The greening of jobs: Empirical studies on the relationship between environmental sustainability and the labour market”. Markus Janser studied Business Administration at the Bristol Business School (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK) and received his master’s degree in 2004. He also studied at the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg (EVHN), where he graduated with a diploma in social work in 2000. He joined the IAB in 2004. He worked there for nine years in the research management department before changing to the “Regional Labour Markets” research department in 2013. Moreover, he has working experience in the consulting sector as well as in the public services sector.

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