Dr. Ludwig completed an apprenticeship at a consulting and IT system house for property management at Aareon AG, a subsidiary of Aareal Bank AG. He then obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Media Management with a focus on Marketing and International Management. He was awarded a Master of Science in Business Administration by the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences. During his Master's degree, he spent a semester abroad at Vancouver Island University in Canada. After completing his Master's degree, Dr. Ludwig worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers AG in Frankfurt. He is currently a research assistant at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences (Department of Business Administration and Economics). His research interests include the recent economic and financial crisis.