Lars Behrenz

Lars Behrenz is Deputy Vice-chancellor. His research focuses on labour market economics and to some extent on sports-related issues.

Research

Among other things, Lars has studied the following:

• employers' recruitment behaviour;
• the effects of increased staffing levels at the public employment service;
• the effects of local collaboration on labour market policies;
• the suitability of the Rehn-Meidner model in today's society;
• the situation of second-generation immigrants;
• the effects of collaboration between temporary work agencies and the public employment service;
• the socio-economic significance of the social economy; and
• dynamic efficiency analyses of the public employment service.

In recent years, he has also started to research the economic effects of sports in a study about the socio-economic value of various forms of sports.

Commissions

Lars Behrenz is Deputy Vice-chancellor on half-time, responsible for knowledge environments and culture/communication. As Deputy Vice-chancellor, he is part of the university's management team.