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Organization

Facts about the Institute

The Kiel Institute is an independent foundation under public law of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.

As such it is basically funded by the German Federal Government and the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

The Board of Governors advises and decides on financial and fundamental matters concerning the Kiel Institute. Head of the Board is the acting State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Cultural Affairs of Schleswig Holstein.

Additionally, the Scientific Advisory Council counsels and supports the Institute and especially the Presidential Department.

For more info about the Institute´s structure please refer to the organizational chart.

The Kiel Institute is a member of the Leibniz Association.

Official documents (in German)

Board of Directors

Moritz Schularick

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Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick
President, Executive Scientific Director

Birgit Austen | Kiel Institute

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Birgit Austen
Executive Administrative Director

Contact

Office:
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The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is a legally responsible foundation under public law of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. The Board of Governors advises and decides on financial and fundamental matters concerning the Kiel Institute. It supervises the legality und and economic efficiency of its executive management. Every two years, the Board of Governors reports to the supervising authority, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Science and Equality of Schleswig-Holstein, on the activities of the foundation and its institutions. Members of the Board of Governors exercise their office in an honorary capacity.

The Board of Governors has currently the following members:

Voting members

  1. Guido Wendt, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Culture of Schleswig Holstein (head of Board of Governors)
  2. Sönke Steffen, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Employment, Technology and Tourism of Schleswig-Holstein
  3. Dr. Stefan Profit, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
  4. Klaus Brandenburg, Federal Ministry of Finance
  5. Prof. Dr. med. Simone Fulda, President of the CAU
  6. Prof. Dr. Christian Martin, Institute of Social Sciences at the Christian-Albrechts-University (CAU), Kiel, and Decan of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, CAU
  7. Dr. Wolfgang Rohe, Director Stiftung Mercator GmbH, representing private foundations

Advisory members

  1. Prof. Dr. Klaus Tochtermann, Director of the Foundation „Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft (ZBW)“
  2. Prof. Philipp Schröder, head of the Scientific Advisory Council, Kiel Institute
  3. Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Gern, head of the Employee Council, Kiel Institute
  4. Sandra Martini, member of the Employee Council, Kiel Institute
  5. Sylvia Künne, Ombudsperson for Equal Treatment, Kiel Institute
  6. Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick, President, Executive Scientific Director
  7. Birgit Austen, Executive Administrative Director, Kiel Institute

The Scientific Advisory Board provides advice in scientific and economic issues to the Board of Governors and the Presidential Department.

Members

  • Prof. Philipp Schröder, PhD (Aarhus University), President
  • Prof. Laura Alfaro, PhD (Harvard Business School)
  • Prof. Meredith Crowley, PhD (University of Cambridge)
  • Prof. Dr. Hartmut Egger (University of Bayreuth)
  • Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos (University of Göttingen)
  • Prof. Dr. Kai Carstensen (Kiel University)
  • Prof. Isabelle Méjean, PhD (École Polytechnique Paris)
  • Prof. Farid Toubal, PhD (Université Paris-Dauphine – PSL)

Business Cycles and Growth
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kooths

Global Commons and Climate Policy
Dr. Wilfried Rickels

Global Cooperation and Social Cohesion
Prof. Dr. Dr. Ulrich Schmidt

Innovation and International Competition
Prof. Dr. Dirk Dohse

International Development
Prof. Dr. Tobias Heidland

International Finance and Macroeconomics
Prof. Dr. Christoph Trebesch

International Trade and Investment
Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D.

Trade Policy
Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz

Kiel Institute Africa Initiative
Prof. Dr. Rainer Thiele

Kiel Institute China Initiative
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fuchs

Geopolitics and Economics
Dr. Katrin Kamin
Prof. Dr. Christoph Trebesch

Kiel Centre for Globalization
Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D.

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The Employee Council also acts as Ombudsman for the Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (General Law on Equal Treatment). 

Ombuds person for disabled persons:
Sabine Baethe,
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  • Sylvia Künne

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More on equal opportunity at Kiel Institute

Kiel Institute Rule for ensuring good scientific practice (pdf)

More on good scientific practice in the Leibniz Association

More on good scientific practice from DFG

Communications
Guido Warlimont, +49 431 8814-629
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Scientific Coordination & Outreach
Prof. Dr. Sonja Peterson, +49 431 8814-406
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Research Grants
Michael Doberschütz, +49 431 8814-675
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Stefan Rieber, +49 431 8814-554
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Human Resources
Sabine Melchert, +49 431 8814-267
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Financial Management
Michael Doberschütz, +49 431 8814-675
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Facility Management & Procurement
Guido Bartsch, +49 431 8814-504
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Central Services
Korinna Werner-Schwarz, +49 431 8814-226
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