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Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein
Chair of the department, Professor, Managing Director of the IEE

Prof. Dr Wilhelm Löwenstein holds the Chair of Development Research and is Managing Director of the Institute for Development Research and Development Policy (IEE).

Field(s) of competence: 

CISE

Room

Universitätsstraße 105 / Room 2.04

Office hours:

By arrangement

ROOM

Universitätsstraße 105 / Room 2.04

Office Hours

By arrangement

Current Posititons

2021 - 2024
Project Leader of the European Joint Doctorate ADAPTED
since 01.2019
Vice Dean Research, Faculty of Management and Economics, RUB
since 04.2017
Chairperson/SPeaker of the Research Academy Ruhr (joint institution of RUB, Technical University Dortmund, University Duisburg-Essen.
since 29.10.2012
Dean of the campus-wide Ruhr University Research School
since 2005
Managing Director of the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (German acronym: IEE) at RUB
since 2005
Chair for Development Research, Faculty for Management and Economics, RUB
since 2002
Visiting Professor, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

Research focus

Macroeconomics: Economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries, Modern sector job creation and sectoral change, Roles of capital imports and trade and of labour market regulations
Microeconomics: Applied Welfare economics, Resource economics, Theory-based impact assessment of development interventions

Research projects

Collaborative Project
UrbanFoodPlus
Single Project
Growth Modelling and Empirical Testing
Collaborative Project
EJD-MSCA ADAPTED

Further projects

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