We Welcome Harald Schultz as Our New Director of Communications
We are pleased to welcome Harald Schultz as the new Director of Communications at the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin. “With over 30 years of experience in journalism, public relations, and strategic communications, Harald joins us with a wealth of expertise that...
Finanz und Wirtschaft cites Professor Dustmann
In an article on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent decision to lower the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.25%, Finanz und Wirtschaft cites a comment from Christian Dustmann. Professor Dustmann highlighted the positive impact of the...
Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winners Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson
We are delighted to congratulate Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson on being awarded the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized their outstanding work on how...
Our Project Leaders Elected as Fellows of the Econometric Society
We are delighted to announce that three of our Project Leaders have been elected as 2024 Fellows of the Econometric Society, a prestigious recognition of their significant contributions to the field of economics. Jerome Adda, Research Director and Project Leader...
Video Lecture by Nobel Laureate David Card Now Available on YouTube
We are pleased to announce that the video recording of our Annual Public Lecture featuring Nobel Prize laureate David Card, titled “Migration and the Minimum Wage – Causes and Effects on the Labor Market”, is now available on YouTube. In...
How Mexico’s War on Drugs Fuelled Organised Crime: A New Study by Our Researcher Giacomo Battiston Featured on VoxDev
The publishing platform VoxDev has featured recent research co-authored by our research officer Giacomo Battiston, exploring how Mexico’s war on drugs has had unintended consequences, including the rise of large-scale oil theft by criminal cartels. The study, “Fuelling Organised Crime:...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Features an Interview with our Director Christian Dustmann on Migration Policy
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Sonntagszeitung (FAS) recently published an extensive interview with our Director, Christian Dustmann, in which he explores the complexities of current migration policies in Germany and Europe. The interview, conducted by journalists Patrick Bernau and Alexander Wulfers, dives...
Our Director Christian Dustmann Discusses the Future of Germany’s Automotive Sector on SWR Kultur Radio
SWR Kultur’s Forum recently featured an insightful discussion with our Director, Professor Christian Dustmann, addressing the topic “Krise im Autoland – stockt der Jobmotor Autoindustrie?” (translated: “Crisis in Car Country – Is the Job Engine Running Out of Fuel?”). Moderated...
