Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther

Director of the German Economic Institute (IW Köln)

Dr. Michael Hüther has been the Director of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW) since July 2004. He studied Economics and History at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen from 1982 to 1987 and completed his doctorate in Economics in 1991. Hüther began his career as a research fellow at the German Council of Economic Experts, where he was promoted to Secretary General in 1995. In 1999, he took the position of Chief Economist at DekaBank, and in 2001, he became Head of the Economics and Communications Department. Since August 2001, he has also been an Honorary Professor at EBS Business School.