Dr. Leonie Gerhards

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Biography

Leonie Gerhards is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at King's Business School, King's College London. Her research focuses on the behavioral factors that influence individuals' behavior within organizations and society. Leonie's goal is to generate novel and sound scientific insights that provide professionals and policymakers with evidence-based research for sustainable decision-making. She mainly conducts her investigations using theory-informed, controlled experiments to link experimental data with participants' behavior in the laboratory whenever applicable. Her primary research areas include Organizational Economics, Overconfidence in response to feedback, Social Norms and Law, Political Economy, and Behavioral Experimental Economics. Leonie's work has been published in notable journals such as the Economic Journal, European Economic Review, and Experimental Economics, and she has contributed to various blogs and newspapers. She has also studied Economics at the University of Bonn and completed her PhD in Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt, followed by a postdoctoral position at Aarhus University and the University of Hamburg.

Research Interests

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
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  • Personal Statement
  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.