Portrait of Sarah Listabarth

About me

I am a PhD student in economics at the Technical University of Dresden (TUD) and am interested in regional and spatial economics. My research focuses on understanding processes across places and regions, using empirical methods to study how local conditions, institutions, and policies shape economic outcomes.

From a data perspective, I work extensively with complex and large datasets, emphasizing data wrangling, analysis, and visualization. I primarily use R for statistical analyses and reproducible research workflows. A core part of my work is transforming raw data into analysis-ready formats and developing clear visualizations to communicate empirical results.