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CURRICULUM VITAEProf. Dr. Klaus Gretschmann ... CURRICUCUM VITAE
CURRICULUM VITAE
PROF. DR. KLAUS GRETSCHMANN
Former Director General
General Secretariat of Council of the EU
Competitiveness - Innovation and Research - Industry and Information Society - Internal Market,
Competition and Customs - Transport - Energy
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
1949, Nürnberg, Germany
Education
Studies of Economics at Universities of Cologne, Vienna, Rome
Doctoral degree in Economics, Summa cum laude, University of Cologne (D), 1980
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
Director General responsible for Economics and Finance and Personal Representative of the Federal
Chancellor for the G8 preparation of World Economic Summits, Federal Chancellery of Germany,
Berlin & Chancellor's Sherpa for the preparation of the European Councils of Berlin, Köln, Helsinki,
Lisbon, Feira and Nice (1998 - 2001).
Tenured Professor of Public Finance and General Economics at the University
of Technology (RWTH) and Director of the Public Economics Department, Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen) (D) (1993 - 1998).
Professor of International Economics and Head of Department,
European Institute of Public Adminstration (1989 - 1994), Maastricht, (NL)
Guest Appointments (one year and longer):
European University Institute, Florence, (I) (1985/86)
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld, (D) (1987)
Johns Hopkins University and Brookings Institution, Washington D.C., (USA) (1988/89).
ADVISORY
Former advisor to EU, OECD and IMF, to the Austrian National Bank and to
Suomen Pankki (Finnish Central Bank) on matters of European integration, economics and EMU.
SPECIALIZATION
European Economics and Public Finance, Monetary Union, European Integration, Governance and
Government, Economics of Globalization, Public Sector Reform, G7 and G8.
PUBLICATIONS
7 books, over 80 academic articles (published in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese).
Selected titles inovolve:
- Icarus or Sisyphus: Innovation Between Hype, Rebuff and New Sobriety, in: K. Gretschmann & S. Schepers, (eds.), Revolutionising EU Innovation Policy - Pioneering the Future, Palgrave/McMillan 2016, pp. 53-78
- The European Union in stormy seas: beginning of the end or end of the beginning, in: B. Dallago et. al. (eds), A Global Perspective on the European Economic Crisis, Routledge 2016, pp. 33-47
- Forging the iron or chasing the wind? - New challenges to Europe?s governance, in: S. Schepers, A. Kakabadse (eds): Rethinking the Future of Europe, Palgrave/MacMillan 2014
- Joint Action versus Free Ride: EU Financial Crisis Management Based on a Common Good (2013)
- Europäische Wirtschaft im Umbruch: Never waste a crisis, (2009)
- Kommst Du mit der Lösung oder bist Du Teil des Problems? Politikberatung in und für Europa (Do you come with the solution or are you part of the problem? Political advice in and for Europe) (2007)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German (native), English (working language for 15 years), French (proficient), Spanish, Italian (intermediate)
AWARDS
"Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur" (awarded in 2000)
"Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse" (awarded in 2008)