Prof. Dr. Hubertus Bardt is Managing Director at the Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Köln (German Economic Institute, IW), the leading private economic research institute in Germany. Since 2022, he is an honorary professor at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf.
He studied economics and business administration in Marburg and Hagen and received his doctorate in economics from the Philipps University Marburg. He joined the German Economic Institute in 2000 and has been head of Research Unit Environment, Energy, Resources from 2005 to 2014. His current research focuses on climate and resource policy, industrial policy and defense economics.
No Alternative
The German economy is currently in the midst of a structural crisis, marked by prolonged stagnation and rising unemployment. A mix of high taxes and strict regulations has created difficult …
No Cyber Resilience, No Economic Resilience
When Russia attacked Ukraine starting in late February 2022, it did so not only with bombs, missiles, and tanks but also with hackers. Massive cyberattacks were carried out on Ukraine’s …
