Wiso Dean Ulrich Thonemann has appointed Prof. Dr Sebastian Siegloch as a new director of the FiFo Institute for Public Economics at the University of Cologne (FiFo Köln). The former ZEW economist and Cologne-trained journalist has been Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Cologne since mid-2022. He is a member of the Cluster of Excellence ECONtribute: Markets and Public Policy (the only Cluster of Excellence in Economics and neighbouring disciplines funded in the German Excellence Strategy).
The FiFo Institute for Public Economics at the University of Cologne, Affiliate Institute of the WiSo Faculty works at the interface between top economic research and practical public finances. With its double credo of policy-oriented research and research-based policy consulting, FiFo works on public finances, climate and environmental policy, good governance in multi-level constitutions and on the fiscal dimensions of demographic change.
Prof. Siegloch’s current research focuses on the interface of public economics with labour and urban economics. "We couldn't have found a better fit," expresses therefore co-director Michael Thöne his delight at the new appointment. The FiFo team and the board of the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der finanzwissenschaftlichen Forschung welcome the top-class reinforcement and look forward to the collaboration.