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President

Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick

President

Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick

Research Center

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Moritz Schularick is president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy since June 2023 and Professor of Economics at Kiel University and at Sciences Po (Paris). His research interests include macroeconomics, geoeconomics, and political economy, among other topics.

Prior to his appointment in Kiel, Moritz Schularick was Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Bonn, Director of the MacroFinance Lab there. He is also a Fellow of the DFG-Excellence Cluster ECONtribute and a full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Academia Europea. Previously, he conducted research at New York University, the University of Cambridge, Freie Universität Berlin, and in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among others.

He is a recipient of the 2022 Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious research prize, awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2018, he received the Gossen Prize of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the most prestigious award given to German economists.

He regularly advises central banks, ministries of finance, investors, and international organizations.

Topics

Monetary PolicyEconomic & Financial CrisesFinancial MarketsGlobalization

Main research interests

  • Economic History
  • Political Economy
  • Macrofinance
  • International Finance
  • Banking and Financial Stability

Contact

+49 (431) 8814-324

For media requests please contact medien@kielinstitut.de

Moritz Schularick is president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy since June 2023 and Professor of Economics at Kiel University and at Sciences Po (Paris). His research interests include macroeconomics, geoeconomics, and political economy, among other topics.

Prior to his appointment in Kiel, Moritz Schularick was Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Bonn, Director of the MacroFinance Lab there. He is also a Fellow of the DFG-Excellence Cluster ECONtribute and a full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Academia Europea. Previously, he conducted research at New York University, the University of Cambridge, Freie Universität Berlin, and in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, among others.

He is a recipient of the 2022 Leibniz Prize, Germany's most prestigious research prize, awarded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2018, he received the Gossen Prize of the Verein für Socialpolitik, the most prestigious award given to German economists.

He regularly advises central banks, ministries of finance, investors, and international organizations.

  • Statement

    16.10.2026

    Kiel Institute Statement - Moritz Schularick

    Forget “Made in Europe.” Think “Made with Europe”

  • News

    15.10.2026

    GREIX Rental Price Index Q3 2026: Asking rents pick up again, existing-stock apartments drive the trend

  • Statement

    12.10.2026

    Kiel Institute Statement - Moritz Schularick

    Nobel Prize in Economics 2026: the operating manual of modern economies

Upcoming Events

  • 30. Nov  – 

    01. Dec

    2026

    Conference

    2. Industrial Policy Lab Annual Conference: Industrial Policy in an Age of (Geo)strategic Competition

    KfW Niederlassung Berlin

    By invitation

Past Events

  • 11 Jul

    2025

    Briefing

    China’s Economic Trajectory: Unpacking Macro Trends and Structural Reforms

    Online

  • 20 Jun

    2025

    Report Launch

    Fit for war by 2030? European rearmament efforts vis-a-vis Russia: rising but lagging in numbers and technologies

    Online

  • 22 – 24 May

    2025

    Verein für Socialpolitik

    Annual Meeting 2025 - Standing Field Committee in International Economics

    Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft

In the News

Research Center & Groups

  • Research Center

    Macroeconomics

  • Research Group

    Research Group Schularick