Dr. Markus Jaeger is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is a former associate fellow in DGAP’s Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, and Technology.

Prior to that, Jaeger was a director at Deutsche Bank Research in New York, where he was responsible for the analysis of US economic  and financial markets. Previously, he held a variety of research and advisory roles with Deutsche Bank in London and New York, covering global economics and emerging markets as well as country risk and geopolitics.

Jaeger has been a visiting scholar at the European University Institute in Italy and a visiting fellow at Casa das Garças in Brazil. He studied at Heidelberg University and Sciences Po and holds a master’s degree and doctorate from the London School of Economics.

[Last updated: October 2026]