Germany

Paul J. J. Welfens is professor and chair of the Institute of Macroeconomic Theory and Politics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. He is also President of European Institute for International Economic Relations (EIIW), Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration at the University of Potsdam, and Fellow of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Welfens is a Senior Fellow of the Gorbachev Foundation of North America.

Paul Welfens with the Institute for the Study of Labor

His recent research projects deal with European Monetary Union, EU regional policies in Germany, innovation and employment, and employment and wage structures. He joined the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, as a Research Fellow in 2003.