Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm
Current and past positions
- Professor of Development Economics, University of Passau, since 2012.
- Professor of Development Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 2007-2012.
- Guest-Professor, Paris School of Economics, 2009-2012.
- Guest-Professor, University of Bordeaux, 2011, 2013, 2014.
- J.-Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, 2003-2007.
- Consultant, World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, Macroeconomics and Poverty Assessment Skills Program, 2003.
Other Affiliations
- Invited Researcher, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).
- Member of the Executive Board, European Development Research Network (EUDN).
- Research Fellow, RWI – Leibniz Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen.
- Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn.
- Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn.
- Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin.
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Sciences Po Paris, 2002.
(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.
- Master's Degree (D.E.A.) in Population Economics, Sciences Po Paris, 1999.
- Master's Degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, 1997.
Memberships
- Member of the Board of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE)
- 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 Technical Advisory Group to Paris21
Management Tasks
- Director of the Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS), since 2021.
- Member of the Board of Doctoral Studies, School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, University of Passau, since 2015.
- Faculty Board member, School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, University of Passau, 2013-15 and since 2019.
- Member of the Senate and the Council of the University of Passau, since 2023.
- Coordinator and founder of the Master program ‘Development Studies’, Passau University, since 2014.
- Dean of the School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, University of Passau, 2018-2020 (Vice-Dean 2016-2018).
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