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Successful PhD Defense: Mariya Afonina Earns Doctorate in Economics

Left: Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz (second supervisor), Prof. Dr. Anna Zaharieva (first supervisor), Mariya Afonina, Right: Prof. Herbert Dawid (Head of the defense Commitee)
We are delighted to announce that Mariya Afonina, PhD candidate in Project RegioEcon Phase 1 (PIs: Prof. Dr. Anna Zaharieva & Prof. Dr. Herbert Dawid, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld), successfully defended her dissertation on November 19th, 2025.
 
She earned her Doctorate in Economics from the Faculty of Economics at Bielefeld University with her dissertation titled “A Regional Perspective on Wage Inequality and Labour Market Dynamics in Germany”. The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Dr. Anna Zaharieva (SOEP-RegioHub & Faculty of Labour Economics, Bielefeld) and Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz (Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld).
 
Congratulations, Mariya, on this outstanding achievement!
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