Max Steinhardt is currently doctoral candidate of the University of Hamburg. In May 2008 he joined Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano as a Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher. From August 2006 to April 2008 he has been working as a junior economist at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics. He has a diploma degree in economics from the University of Hamburg. His main research interests are immigration impact in the host country, migration policy, and immigrant assimilation.