Hans Gersbach

Hans Gersbach has held the Chair of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy at ETH Zurich (Switzerland) since 2006. He is also member of CER-ETH – Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich and a CEPR-Research Fellow in Public Policy and Industrial Organization. He is a member of the academic advisory council at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany and a member of the steering committee of the Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) at ETH Zurich. He is also an IZA and a CESifo Research Fellow.

Current research focuses on the design of new economic and political institutions for the well-being of societies. His research also includes monetary policy design, innovation and growth, epidemic diseases and financial stability. In these fields, he has published extensively in renowned scientific journals.