3 Questions for ... – Short Interviews in the ifo Annual Report 2025
The short interviews in the Annual Report 2025 assemble voices from inside the ifo Institute. They provide an insight into the diverse tasks and topics that move us - and show the people who contribute to the success of our work with their expertise and commitment: in research, management and service.
Interviews
3 Questions for Leander Andres
Leander Andres has been a doctoral student at the ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics since September 2022.
3 Questions for Andreas Baur
Dr. Andreas Baur has served as Deputy Director of the ifo Center for International Economics and as the personal advisor to the ifo President since May 2025.
3 Questions for Katharina Wedel
Dr. Katharina Wedel has been employed at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education since July 2019, initially as a doctoral student and, starting in January 2024, as a postdoctoral researcher.
3 Questions for Waldemar Marz
Dr. Waldemar Marz has been a postdoctoral researcher at the ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources since February 2019.
3 Questions for Oliver Falck
Prof. Oliver Falck has been Director of the ifo Center for the Economics of Innovation and Digital Transformation since October 2014.
3 Questions for Lilly Fischer
Lilly Fischer has been a doctoral student at the ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys since October 2023.
3 Questions for Panu Poutvaara
Prof. Panu Poutvaara has been Director of the ifo Center for Migration and Development Economics since 2010. From 2019 to 2025, he was a member of the Expert Council on Integration and Migration.
3 Questions for Niklas Potrafke
Prof. Dr. Niklas Potrafke has been Director of the ifo Center for Public Finance and Political Economy since April 2012.
3 Questions for Oliver Schlenker
Dr. Oliver Schlenker has been Deputy Director of the Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics since July 2025.
3 Questions for Pascal Zamorski
Pascal Zamorski has been a doctoral student in the Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy since April 2023.
3 Questions for Heike Mittelmeier
Heike Mittelmeier has been a specialist at the LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center since 2007.
3 Questions for Ernst Glöckner
Ernst Glöckner has been a doctoral student at the ifo Institute’s Dresden branch since April 2022.
3 Questions for Andrea Balestracci
Andrea Balestracci has served as director at EconPol Europe since May 2025.
3 Questions for Cornelia Geißler
Dr. Cornelia Geißler, Head of Communication at the ifo Institute, talks about her field of work in this short interview.