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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn

Developments of the Global Economy - Opportunities for Germany

Current positions

  • Professor of Economics and Public Finance, University of Munich (since 1984)
  • President, Ifo Institute for Economic Research (since February 1999)
  • Director, Center for Economic Studies (CES), University of Munich
    (since January 1991)
  • CEO CESifo Inc. (since February 1999)

Education
Habilitation 1983, Univ. of Mannheim; Dr.rer.pol. (economics) 1978, Univ. of Mannheim; Diplom-Volkswirt (equiv. M.A. in Economics) 1972, University of Münster; Helmholtz-Gymnasium Bielefeld 1967

Visiting research and teaching positions (selection)
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) (2006); Hebrew Univ. (Bogen professor, 1997); International Monetary Fund (1991); Stanford University (1990); Princeton University (1990, 1998); London School of Economics (1989); University of Western Ontario/Canada (1978/79, 1984/85).

Prizes and Awards (selection)
D.B Doran Lecture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2010); Agnar Sandmo Lecture, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (2009); Gustav-Stolper-Preis, Verein für Socialpolitik (2008); Europe Award, University of Maastricht (2008); Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst (Bavarian Order of Merit) (2008); Thünen Lecture, Verein für Socialpolitik (2007); Jelle Zijlstra Lecture, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2006); Böhm-Bawerk Lectures, Vienna (2006); The World Economy Annual Lecture, University of Nottingham (2005); Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Bundesrepublik Deutschland; (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) (2005); Tinbergen Lecture (2004); International Book Price CORINE (2004); Prize of Financial Times Deutschland (2003); Geneva Risk Lecture (2002); Stevenson Lectures, University of Glasgow (2000)
Yrjö-Jahnsson Lectures, Helsinki (1999); Honorary doctorate 1999, University of Magdeburg
Prize of Herbert Quandt Foundation (1997); Honorary professorship University of Vienna (1988); first university prizes for habilitation thesis (1984) and doctoral dissertation (1979).

Publication Statistics
9 main monographs (without edited books), 13 smaller monographs, 135 scientific articles, therof 82 in refereed international journals; in addition about 300 political contributions.