Prof. Dr. Welf Werner

Director/Professor for American Studies

Contact

Heidelberg Center for American Studies
Hauptstr. 120
69117 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 6221 543880
E-Mail: wwerner@hca.uni-heidelberg.de

Office Hours

by appointment
HCA, Room 211

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Areas of Specialization

  • U.S. economic policies
  • financial market globalization
  • monetary regime change
  • natural disasters and international risk management
  • globalization and inequality 

Education and Employment

Since 2018: Director of the HCA, Joint Appointment with the Faculty for Economics and Social Sciences 
2004-2018: Professor of International Economics, International University Bremen
1995-2003: Assistant Professor, John-F.-Kennedy-Institute, Free University Berlin
2003: Habilitation and Venia Legendi in economic policy and theory from the Economics Department, Free University Berlin 
1986-1993: Research Associate at the John-F.-Kennedy-Institute, Free University Berlin
1997-1998: Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies und der George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs, Washington, DC
1994-1995: John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, Minda de Gunzburg Center
1992: PhD, Economics Department, Free University Berlin
1981-1986: Studies of economics, finance, management, and economic history at the Free University Berlin and Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
1986: Diplom, Economics Department, Free University Berlin

Selected Publications

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Positions and Projects

  • Principal Investigator, DFG Research Training Group (Graduiertenkolleg) “Authority and Trust in American Culture, Society, History, and Politics” (GRK 2244)