ZEW President Achim Wambach Takes Over as VfS Chair

In January 2017, Achim Wambach, President of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), took over as chair of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association, VfS). Over the course of the next two years, Wambach will serve as chairman of the association, which represents around 4,000 economists from German-speaking countries. The VfS is one of the largest economic associations in Europe, with members from all over the world; most of them, however, are from Germany, Austria or Switzerland.

As one of his key projects, Achim Wambach has taken on the task of developing a programme aimed at school students and teachers: "We would like to foster a dialogue between science and society, with a special focus on school students," explains Wambach. "Raising students' interest in economic issues is one of our main concerns." To this end, this year's VfS Annual Conference in Vienna will for the first time feature an "Open Day for Schools". Further projects are being planned.

For further information please contact

Prof. Achim Wambach, PhD, Phone +49(0)621/1235-100, E-mail wambach@zew.de