Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm
Raum ZB 158
Innstraße 29
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Derzeitige und letzte Positionen
- Professor of Development Economics, University of Passau, School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, Germany, since 2012.
- Professor of Applied Development Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007-2012.
- Guest-Professor, Paris School of Economics, France, 2009-2012.
- Guest-Professor, University of Bordeaux, France, 2011, 2013, 2014.
- J.-Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2003-2007.
- Consultant, World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, Macroeconomics and Poverty Assessment Skills Program, 2003.
- PhD student/Research fellow (allocataire de recherche) at SciencesPo Paris and at the Development Economics Research Institute DIAL with a fellowship of the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology, 1999-2002.
Weitere Zugehörigkeiten
- Research Fellow, RWI – Leibniz Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen, Germany, since 2016.
- Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, since 2015.
- Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany, since 2012.
- Research Associate, Ibero-America-Institute of Economic Research, University of Göttingen, Germany, since 2007.
- Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, since 2004.
Ausbildung
- Ph.D. in Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1999-2002.
Dissertation title: Demo-economic behaviour, income distribution and development.
Board of examiners: Didier Blanchet, François Bourguignon, Denis Cogneau, Philippe de Vreyer, Marc Gurgand and Stephan Klasen. - Visiting scholar at the Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED), Paris, 1999 (5 months).
- Master's Degree (D.E.A.) in Population Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1998-1999.
- Master's Degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), University Frankfurt/Main, 1992-1997.
- High School Graduation (Abitur), Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Gymnasium, Rodgau, Germany, 1991.
Preise und Fellowships
- Best Paper Award 2019, Journal of Economic Psychology.
- Award for International Engagement, University of Passau, 2017.
- Best Practice Award. Poverty reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) 2015.
- Excellent reviewer award, Labor Economics, 2015.
- USAEE/IAEE 2014 Best Paper Award.
- Publication award of the University of Göttingen foundation, 2006.
- Doctoral fellowship, French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (Allocataire de Recherche), 1999-2002.
- Graduate scholarship for a Master program, French Government and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1998-1999.
Mitgliedschaften
- Member of the Program Board of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) (2011-2015)
- Member of the Board of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE) (2012-2017, 2023-)
- Member of the Technical Advisory Group to Paris21
- Member of the ‘Growth and Equity’ knowledge platform at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands (2007-2012)
- Member of the ‘Reference Group’ of experts to advise the Growth and Equity Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, London (2008-2012)
- Member of the Executive Committee of the European Development Research Network (EUDN)
- Member of the German Economic Association (VfS)
- Member of the Research committee for ‘Population Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS)
- Member of the Research committee for ‘Development Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS), (Chairman 2019-2023)
- Member of the editorial board of the Review of Income and Wealth (2009-2014)
- Member of the Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP), Université Laval, Québec
- Founding member and Advisory Board Member of the Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet), Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Ausgewählte Seminare und Konferenzvorträge
- University of Bordeaux
- OECD/Paris21, Paris
- IIFAD Rome
- GIZ Malawi
- DIW Berlin
- DENeB seminar Berlin
- University of Connecticut
- UNU-MERIT Maastricht
- Entrepreneurship Summit, Hurghada, Egypt, Key-note Speaker.
- ETH Zürich
- University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- CSAE conference, Oxford
- Vienna Institute of Demography
- Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Aix-Marseille School of Economics
- OECD Paris, Development Centre
- Development economics conference Bordeaux, Key-note Speaker
- University of Maastricht
- IZA-World Bank conference on Employment and Development, Delhi
- DIW Berlin
- World Bank's Solutions4Work Conference
- WIDER/UNU Conference on Inequality, Helsinki
- International Labour Organisation (ILO), Genf
- Wageningen University
- Groningen University
- INSEAD-ILO Symposium on Jobs, Abu Dhabi
In den Medien (Auswahl)
- 19 October 2011, National TV Mali, Secteur Informel au Mali – défis et opportunités
- 11 September 2014, The Broker, 'Small firms can create jobs!'
- 10 March 2015, ARTE TV, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft' / 'Les fabuleux bénéfices du Système D'
- 20 March 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 'Gesundheit!'
- 31 May 2015, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 'Das afrikanische Wunder'
- 6 June 2015, Radio Bayern 2, Das ist der Gipfel! G7-Countdown in Elmau
- 6 July 2015, Bayerisches Fernsehen (ARD), 'Faszination Wissen'
- 9 July 2015, 3Sat TV, 'Nano'
- 10 July 2015, ARD Alpha, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft (extended version)'
- 27 July 2015, Radio Bayern 2, 'radioWelt'
- 30 July 2015, Wirtschaftwoche, Bevölkerungsexplosion: Kann die Erde so viele Menschen ernähren?
- 1 September 2015, corporAID Magazin, 'Die goldene Mitte'
- 21 February 2016, D + C Development and Cooperation (Magazine), 'Debate on Industrial Policy'
- 3 May 2016 ARD alpha, 'Planet Wissen - Bazaaristan'
- 26 December 2016, Earthlink, Radio LoRa, ‘Giftmüllexporte in Entwicklungsländer’
- 11 January 2017, Huffington Post, ‘Sicherheitspaket: Wer Entwicklungshilfe kürzt begeht einen fatalen Fehler’
- 9 February 2019, The Economist, ‘Light for all nations? Electricity for the poor’
- 10 November 2022, Der Spiegel Geschichte, ‘Ich kann nicht zusehen, wenn Leute leiden.‘
- 15 December 2022, Deutschlandfunk, ‘Margaret Sanger, Pionierin der Geburtenkontrolle‘
- 22 July 2024, Deutschlandfunk, ‘Wirtschaftsgespräch: Wirtschaftliche Kosten von AIDS’