This year, the VfS Standing Field Committee on Economic History selected Maria Waldinger as the recipient of the Schmölders Award. Congratulations!
The DFG Review Board Election will take place from October 23 to November 20, 2023. As is previous years, several candidates proposed by the VfS are eligible for election.
The DFG review board election took place from October 23 to November 20, 2023. The Verein für Socialpolitik congratulates all those elected!
The VfS congratulates Philipp Strack on being awarded the John Bates Clark Medal, one of the highest honors in economics.
The European Economic Association and the Code of Ethics working group of the Verein für Socialpolitik invite you to take part in a survey on the professional climate in economics in Europe.
In close cooperation with KfW Development Bank, the Standing Field Committee on Development Economics of the Verein für Socialpolitik awards the 2024 funding award for practice-oriented development...
To celebrate the 150th anniversary since the founding of the VfS, a series of articles will be published in the print edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in the coming weeks.
Kerstin Schneider (University of Wuppertal) and Joachim Winter (LMU Munich) have been elected to the RatSWD (German Data Forum) for a second term. Congratulations!
As part of the VfS Annual Conference, a Student Day will take place again on September 27, 2023.
As of March 14, 2023, we welcome Christoph M. Schmidt as the new managing editor of “Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik”.