Biography

Moritz completed his PhD at the University of Strathclyde’s Department of Government and Public Policy in Glasgow. In his PhD thesis he explores and tests the role of international, institutional, and political economy factors in explaining different competition policy approaches and the enforcement activities of competition authorities. Before his PhD, he studied Public Administration and International Political Economy at the University of Konstanz and the University of Warwick (MA) and obtained a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Political Science from Goethe University Frankfurt. He is specialised in comparative public policy and political economy. In his research, he particularly focuses on European regulatory governance in the areas of competition policy and public infrastructure sectors.

As a Max Weber Fellow, Moritz continues his work on the political economy of competition policy and started a new research project on the effects of public participation in regulatory decision-making on regulatory outcomes and trust. In that research, he investigates the role that public participation and accountability can play in improving regulatory quality, public policies, and trust. Recently, he was awarded an additional research grant to implement a survey for the study of trust in regulatory authorities in Germany. This survey provides new original data on the general population’s trust into the government and regulatory agencies. Moritz also has experience as Teaching Assistant covering undergraduate classes in International Relations, Public Policies, and Comparative Politics.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

Ongoing

• Trust in Regulatory Institutions
• Expert Knowledge and Authority in Transformative Times

Completed

• Transnational Democracy in the 21st century