Florian Ploeckl

Dr Florian Ploeckl

Senior Lecturer

School of Economics and Public Policy

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

My research and teaching focuses on the role of Economic Geography within Economic History and the spatial patterns of long-term economics development.

Welcome to my research.

  • Below is a short overview about the main areas of my research
  • Publications can be found on the Publications tab
  • Drafts & Working papers of current research can be found on figshare

 

PostkutscheThe main focus of my current work is the importance of communication services, including the telephone, telegraph, and mail service, for economic activity in th 19th century. Particular aspects center on the relevance of information flows for trade, capital and labour flows during the First Globalization and the Interwar period. On a local level I utilize postal data on information and communication to better understand the spatial structure of the economy, in particular urban systems.  

Published articles: Market Access and Information Technology Adoption: Historical Evidence from the Telephone in  Bavaria Uniform Service, Uniform Productivity? Regional Efficiency of the Imperial German Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Service Spanning the Globe: The Rise of Global Communications Systems and the First Globalisation

Networks and spatial information flows are also important for the interactions of firms, in particular banks and other financial enterprises. The impact and relevance of these linkages are explored in different settings, including the interwar British steel industry and Republican-era modern Chinese banking. Current explorations of the development of postal money orders links this explicitly to the role of communication services.

Published articles: Bank on steel? Joint-stock banks and the rationalization of the British interwar steel industry Modern Chinese banking networks during the Republican Era

 

Dresden Festung 1750

Towns and cities are anohter concentration of my research. My work investigates the definition, location, size and long-term growth of towns. In particular the role of geographic endowments and agglomeration effects, so the spatial networks and interactions, on town size is one focus of my research. Geographically this work is mostly focused on Germany, in particular Saxony.

Published articles: Endowments and market access; the size of towns in historical perspective: Saxony, 1550-1834 ,  Towns (and villages): definitions and implications in a historical setting

 

Zollverein map

Another strand of research is the Zollverein, the first international customs union formed by German states in 1834. Building on my dissertation research I look at the role of geography on the political economy of its formation, the impact it had on regional growth patterns and spatial structures of the early industrialization.

Published articles: A novel institution: the Zollverein and the origins of the customs union The internal impact of a customs union; Baden and the Zollverein, The Zollverein and the Sequence of a Customs Union , Local convergence: Baden 1829-1847

 

PhD comic portrait Florian Ploeckl

 

 

 

Research
Year Title Funding Source Funding Amount
2018-2022 Experienced Researcher Fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung EUR 54075
2020 Special Project Fund AC21 Academic Consortium US$ 9303
2011-2013 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship European Union Framework 7 EUR 194000
2006 Exploratory Data & Travel Grant Economic History Association USD 1500
2006 Scholarship Landesstiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg EUR 6000

 

Learning & Teaching
Year Project Funding Source & Amount  
2024 Professional Development Grant  Adelaide Education Academy, LTAG $2000  
2021 Learning Development Grant Faculty of the Professions, $8700  
2019-20 Professional Development Grant Faculty of the Professions, $2500  
2015-2016 Blended Teaching in Economics Postgraduate Programs Faculty of the Professions, $50000  
2015 Communication in Economics (SGDE Development) Faculty of the Professions, $10000  

 

Map depicting travel costs
This map was created as part of my research and depicts estimated historical transportation costs from any location in Saxony towards the capital Dresden.

I am teaching in the Bachelor and Master programs in Economics, including the following courses

Econ 1008 Data Analytics

Econ 1013 Using Big Data for Economic and Social Problems

Econ 2513 Global Economic History 

Econ 7200 Economic Principles

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I am currently Program Director for the Bachelor of Economics, including also for all Double degrees and other degrees involving Economics. 

I am always happy to talk with you about your studies, your experience in the program, studying abroad, internships and careers, and further study including Honours, Masters, and PhDs. Please get in touch by e-mail to set something up.  

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  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Worker's Self-Management: The Efficiency of Yugoslavia's Third-Way Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Liam Wayne Johns
    2023 Principal Supervisor Economic implications of 5G and revolutionary mobile broadband technologies Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Edgar Huk
    2020 Co-Supervisor Three Essays on Early Childhood Development Issues: Evidence from Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Nasantogtokh Yunren

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2015 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Economics and Political Economy of Agricultural Trade-Related Policies in China Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Wenshou Yan
    2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Modern Chinese Banking Networks during the Republican Era Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Lingyu Kong

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2015 - 2016 Chair Organization Committee APEBH 2016 Conference - -
    2014 - ongoing Board Member Organization Committee AusClio Workshop - -
    2014 - ongoing Member EHSANZ Executive Committee - -

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2015 - ongoing Member ANU Centre for Economic History -
    2013 - ongoing Member Nuffield College, University of Oxford United Kingdom

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2017 - ongoing Associate Editor Australian Economic History Review - -
    2015 - ongoing Board Member Australian Economic History Review: an Asia-Pacific journal of economic, business and social history - -
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83130716
  • Email: florian.ploeckl@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 82231460
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Nexus 10, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Economics
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