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Prof. Dr. Welf Werner



Professor of International Economics
School of Humanities & Social Sciences - SHSS
http://shss.jacobs-university.de/shss
Mailing Address:

Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

Email: w.werner@jacobs-university.de
Telephone: +49 421 200-3484
Fax: +49 421 200-3303
Office: Research IV, Room 60 a/b
Office Hours:

Thursday, 04:00 - 05:00 pm

Research Interests:
International Trade, International Monetary Economics, International Organizations, Economic History
 
Specifically:
  • International Trade in Services, Multilateral Trade Policy on Financial Services, Monetary Regime Change in the 20th Century, International Reinsurance Markets
  • Globalization and the Welfare State
  • Atlantic Economic History of the 19th and 20th Centuries
University Education:
Venia Legendi in Economics and Economic Policy; Ph.D. and Diplom from the Economics Department of the Freie Universität Berlin. 
Fellowships and Awards:

and Sponsorships:
Harvard University, George Washington University, Indiana University, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, VolkswagenStiftung, German Academic Exchange Service, German Marshall Fund of the United States, City of Berlin, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bundesverband Deutscher Banken, Bremer Landesbank, Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank.

Other Professional Activities:
  • Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Berlin, Germany (2005-2006)
  • Consultant to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Amman, Jordan (2007)
Research and Teaching Positions:

Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies and the Economics Department of the Freie Universität Berlin. Research Fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins University), the Elliott School of International Affairs (George Washington University), and, as John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow, at the Center for European Studies (Harvard University).

Publications:
Books
Handelspolitik für Finanzdienste. Schriften zur monetären Ökonomie (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft), Baden-Baden 2004.

Wie viel Ungleichheit verträgt die Demokratie? Armut und Reichtum in den USA. Reihe Nordamerikastudien (Campus), Frankfurt/Main 2003 (co-edited with Winfried Fluck).

Wirtschaftspolitik nach dem Ende der Bretton Woods-Ära (=Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1/2002, co-edited with Toni Pierenkemper).

Articles