Prof. Dr. Ansgar Belke

Ansgar Belke is Full Professor of Macroeconomics (W3) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen) since April 2007. Until March 2007, he was Full Professor of International Economics (C4) at the University of Hohenheim, Germany since August 2001. Prior, he has been Assistant Professor at the University of Bochum, Visiting Professor at the University of Essen and Full Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna. Since September 2009 he is Research Director Macroeconomics at the DIW in Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung). He received his PhD in 1995 and finished his habilitation thesis on 'Exchange Rate Volatility, Foreign Trade, and Labour Markets' (in German) in February 2000 at University of Bochum with a venia legendi ('right to lecture') for Economics and Econometrics.