Dr. Kathrin Berensmann

Function: Project Lead & Senior Researcher

Specialization: Economy

Work areas:

  • Green Finance
  • Debt
  • Development Finance
  • Financial systems development
  • International financial markets
  • Monetary and exchange rate policy

Responsibilities in education and training:

  • Current external courses: Financing for Development University of Aachen and Center for Development Research
  • Previous courses: Development Finance University of Bonn and Center for Development Research;
    Development Economics Goethe University Frankfurt;
    Macroeconomics International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef
  • Post-graduate course: Global Economic Governance and Development Finance: International Financial Architecture, mobilization of domestic financial resources
  • Global Governance School: Global Economic Governance and Development Finance: International Financial Architecture
  • Former teaching: Head of the 42nd postgraduate course (2006/2007)
  • Financial systems development
  • Microfinance
  • Monetary and exchange rate policy
  • Debt
  • International Financial Institutions


Vita

since 1/2018 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
(until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
Senior Researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"
since 2016 German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
(until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
Head of project of various projects in the field of international economics
2006-12/2017 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Senior Researcher, Department "World Economy and Development Financing"
2000-2006 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Senior Researcher
Dept. Globalisation: trade, direct investment, monetary policy, development financing;
Region: South and East Asia
2001 University of Würzburg
Dr. rer. pol. (Economics)
Ph.D.-thesis on Currency board systems
1998-2000 Institute of the German Economy, Cologne
Economist: monetary and exchange rate policies, trade policy and international financial markets
1996-1998 Grant of the Volkswagen-Foundation for the Ph.D.-thesis
1995-1996 Robert-Bosch-Foundation
Postgraduate Program in International Affairs
(grant)
1995 University of Würzburg
Institute for Economics
Chair for Monetary Policy and International Economics
Research Assistant
1991-1994 University of Würzburg
Student: University degree as Diplom-Volkswirtin
  Institute for Economics
Chair for Monetary Policy and International Economics
Student research assistant
1990-1991 University of Swansea (Wales)
Student of economics (with a grant)
1987-1990 University of Würzburg
Student of economics
RUSSICUM: Diploma in Russian language (two years intensive course in Russian language and culture)

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Projects