September 22, 2008

Prof. Tilman Brück, Head of the Department of International Economics at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), was honoured as an “Outstanding scientist” by the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) and by the World Economic Forum (WEF) for his scientific achievements.

The award includes an invitation to the World Economic Forum’s 2008 Meeting (also known as “Summer Davos”), which 37-year-old Brück will attend as one of 66 selected young scientists from around the world. Only two German scientists received this distinction. The meeting will be held at the end of September in Tiajin (China). More than 1500 international representatives from politics, business and science are expected to attend, including the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Brück’s research interests focus on development economics, especially poverty and employment issues, international economic policy and the economics of terrorism and insecurity. In 2001, he received a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford. He has since worked at DIW Berlin.