Amelie Eyben studied economics at the University of Cologne, completing both her bachelor's and master's degrees, with a focus on microeconomics, particularly competition policy, markets and institutions. She spent exciting semesters abroad in Shanghai and Milan and completed various internships in commercial due diligence and strategy during her studies.
After graduating, she completed the trainee programme at Deutsche Telekom with a focus on in-house consulting and has been an in-house consultant at Telekom Strategy Consulting since August 2024, focusing on topics in the area of ‘Value & Efficiency’.

Carolin Jackermeier studied economics at the University of Cologne and simultaneously completed her studies at the Cologne School of Journalism. After working as a science communicator at the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence and as an editor at DIE ZEIT, she now works as a freelance business journalist. Her clients include DIE ZEIT, Handelsblatt, Science Notes, t3n (print), as well as WDR and Deutschlandfunk (radio). She also hosts and produces the ECONtribute economics podcast, which deals with current topics in economic research.

Tobias Herbst completed a Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Cologne and spent a semester abroad in Taipei during his studies. He wrote his Master’s thesis while completing an internship at the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt. After a year at the ECB, he pursued a PhD in financial market economics at the University of Bonn. Since 2022, he has returned to the Deutsche Bundesbank, where he currently focuses on commercial real estate markets in the Financial Stability Department.