Since 2007, Dr Jörg Lingens has been a lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Münster where he is primarily concerned with research in applied economic theory and teaching various classes centred on microeconomics. He worked as a post-doc from 2003 to 2007 at Regensburg University.

He has published research on various microeconomic topics in journals such as The Economic Journal, Labour Economics and JITE. Currently he is part of a research team at the University of Münster that focuses on the effects of 'soft' interventions on energy demand.