Schmitz, Birgit
Dr. Birgit Schmitz
Department
Transformation of Economic and Social Systems
Function
Former Researcher
Specialization
Economist
Vita
| 10/2011-6/2016 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher |
| 09/2005-09/2011 | University of Bonn Institute for International Economics (IIW) Assistant Professor |
| 01/2010-08/2010 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, USA Research Department Visiting Scholar |
| 01/2010-08/2010 | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, USA Research Department Visiting Researcher |
| 06/2000-08/2005 | University of Bonn Bonn Graduate School of Economics Ph.D. in Economics, Thesis topic „Three Essays on Money and Banking in Europe“ |
| 11/2004-08/2005 | University of Bonn Institute for International Economics (IIW) Research and Teaching Assistant |
| 01/2002-10/2004 | Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), University of Bonn Department of Economics and Social Issues Research Fellow |
| 09/2002-11/2002 | European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt am Main DG Research Graduate Research Program |
| 01/2000-06/2000 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain |
| 10/1998-12/1999 | University of Bonn Bonn Graduate Schol of Economics |
| 01/1997-09/1998 09/1996-12/1996 | WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Koblenz Audencia School of Management Nantes, France, Exchange Student |
| 07/1996 | Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA Summer MBA Program “The Washington Campus” |
| 01/1996-05/1996 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA School of Business Administration Exchange student |
| 10/1998-12/1999 | WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, Koblenz Undergraduate Studies in Business Administration |
Current Publications
Indigenous knowledge for sustainable food security in Turiani Division, Tanzania
Chomboko, Denis / Theobald Theodory / Michael Brüntrup / Venance Shillingi / Saymore Ngonidza Kativu / Anna-Katharina Hornidge (11/1)
Social cohesion in the context of environmental/climate-related internal displacement in Ghana
Susan S. Ekoh / Charles Martin-Shields / Carolin Kitzmann / Nina Küssau / Mario Pfeffer / Merle Platen / Theresa Reinel / Mary Boatemaa Setrana / Johnson Wilson Appiah Kubi / Stella Effah (15/2025)
Debating Trump 2.0 and implications for Africa: how the United States trigger a Global shake-up in climate finance
Tamasiga, Phemelo (2025)
‘Managing’ the paradox: refugee self-reliance and solving the problem of refugee policy discontinuity
Kohlenberger, Judith / Martin-Shields, Charles / Easton-Calabria, Evan (2025)