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...
The DFG review board election took place from October 23 to November 20, 2023. The Verein für Socialpolitik congratulates all those elected!
The German data infrastructure is in need of improvement. In six statements, the VfS analyzes the most pressing issues and suggests solutions that deserve attention in the development of the new...
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.
We mourn the loss of Prof. Nora Szech (1980-2023).
As part of the 150th anniversary, the Verein für Socialpolitik has asked prominent members to demonstrate the relevance of economics for solving societal problems.
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.
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.
As of March 14, 2023, we welcome Christoph M. Schmidt as the new managing editor of “Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik”.