The Board of Trustees of the Gerda Henkel Foundation has a new member as of 1 January, 2024. Economist Prof. Dr. Jens Südekum of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, will be a member of the board from next year.

Jens Südekum (born 1975) has been a university professor for International Economics at the Institute for Competition Economics at Heinrich Heine University since 2014. His research interests include international trade, the impact of globalisation and digitalisation on the labour market as well as urban economics and regional policy. Jens Südekum is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and advises the Federal Government on economic and financial policy issues. In 2007, when he was just 31, the University of Duisburg-Essen appointed him Professor of Microeconomics and Foreign Trade. Jens Südekum is Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, the CESifo Institute, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Institute of Labour Economics (IZA). He reaches a wider audience with his interviews and guest articles.

The other members of the Board of Trustees of the Gerda Henkel Foundation are Julia Schulz-Dornburg (Chair), Prof. Andreas Beyer (Deputy Chair), Dr. Kaspar von Braun, Dr. Carolin Emcke and Martin Kobler.

Contact:
Gerda Henkel Foundation press office
Dr Sybille Springer
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springer@gerda-henkel-stiftung.de