
About
President of RWI – Leipniz Institute of Economic Research Essen, University Professor.
Shareholder representative.
Mandate: Member since 2021, elected until 2025
Year of birth: 1962
Nationalities: German, Australian
Since 2021: Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of Energy and Climate Policy and Innovation Council e.V. (EPICO)
Since 2020: Vice president science of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
Since 2002: President of RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research e.V. (Essen) and Professor for economic policy and applied econometrics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
2019 – 2022: Member of the Franco-German Council of Economic Experts (2020 – 2022: co-chair)
2009 – 2020: Member of the German Council of Economic Experts (2013 – 2020: chair)
1999 – 2002: Program Director „Evaluation of Labour Market Policies and Projects”, Institute of Labour Economics (IZA), Bonn
1995 – 2002: Professor for Econometrics at Alfred-Weber-Institut (AWI) at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (ordinarius & co-chair of AWI since 1996)
1991 – 1995: Research assistant and DFG (German Research Foundation) habilitation scholar at Seminar for Labour and Population Economics (SELAPO), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1991 – 1995: Habilitation at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1987 – 1991: Ph.D. in Economics at Princeton University (USA)
1981 – 1987: Studies in Economics at Universität Mannheim, degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (graduate economist)
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Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMW Group | Board | Member | 01/01/2021 |