Prof. Dr. Michael Grimm

Room ZB 158
Innstraße 29

Phone +49 (0)851 509 3310
Fax +49 (0)851 509 37 3310

Office Hours: By appointment,
please contact me by email.

Current and past positions

Professor of Development Economics, University of Passau, School of Business, Economics and Information Systems, Germany, since 2012.
Professor of Applied Development Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2007-2012.
Guest-Professor, Paris School of Economics, France, 2009-2012.
Guest-Professor, University of Bordeaux, France, 2011, 2013, 2014.
J.-Professor of Development Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2003-2007.
Consultant, World Bank, Washington D.C., USA, Macroeconomics and Poverty Assessment Skills Program, 2003.
PhD student/Research fellow (allocataire de recherche) at SciencesPo Paris and at the Development Economics Research Institute DIAL with a fellowship of the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology, 1999-2002.

Research Fellow, RWI – Leibniz Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Essen, Germany, since 2016.
Senior Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, since 2015.
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany, since 2012.
Research Associate, Ibero-America-Institute of Economic Research, University of Göttingen, Germany, since 2007.
Research Professor, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin, since 2004.

Ph.D. in Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1999-2002.
Dissertation title: Demo-economic behaviour, income distribution and development.
Board of examiners: Didier Blanchet, François Bourguignon, Denis Cogneau, Philippe de Vreyer, Marc Gurgand and Stephan Klasen.
Visiting scholar at the Institut National d’Etudes Démographiques (INED), Paris, 1999 (5 months).
Master's Degree (D.E.A.) in Population Economics, SciencesPo Paris, 1998-1999.
Master's Degree in Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt), University Frankfurt/Main, 1992-1997.
High School Graduation (Abitur), Claus-von-Stauffenberg-Gymnasium, Rodgau, Germany, 1991.

Best Paper Award 2019, Journal of Economic Psychology.
Award for International Engagement, University of Passau, 2017.
Best Practice Award. Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet), 2015.
Excellent reviewer award, Labor Economics, 2015.
USAEE/IAEE 2014 Best Paper Award.
Publication award of the University of Göttingen foundation, 2006.
Doctoral fellowship, French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (Allocataire de Recherche), 1999-2002.
Graduate scholarship for a Master program, French Government and German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 1998-1999.

Member of the Program Board of the Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) (2011-2015)
Member of the Board of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE) (2012-2017, 2023-)
Member of the Technical Advisory Group to Paris21
Member of the ‘Growth and Equity’ knowledge platform at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands (2007-2012)
Member of the ‘Reference Group’ of experts to advise the Growth and Equity Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, London (2008-2012)
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Development Research Network (EUDN)
Member of the German Economic Association (VfS)
Member of the Research committee for ‘Population Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS)
Member of the Research committee for ‘Development Economics’ of the German Economic Association (VfS), (Chairman 2019-2023)
Member of the editorial board of the Review of Income and Wealth (2009-2014)
Member of the Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP), Université Laval, Québec
Founding member and Advisory Board Member of the Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet), Kiel Institute for the World Economy

19 October 2011, National TV Mali, Secteur Informel au Mali – défis et opportunités
11 September 2014, The Broker, 'Small firms can create jobs!'.
10 March 2015, ARTE TV, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft' / 'Les fabuleux bénéfices du Système D'
20 March 2015, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 'Gesundheit!'
31 May 2015, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 'Das afrikanische Wunder'
6 June 2015, Radio Bayern 2, Das ist der Gipfel! G7-Countdown in Elmau
6 July 2015, Bayerisches Fernsehen (ARD), 'Faszination Wissen'
9 July 2015, 3Sat TV, 'Nano'
10 July 2015, ARD Alpha, 'Der Glanz der Schattenwirtschaft (extended version)'
27 July 2015, Radio Bayern 2, 'radioWelt'
30 July 2015, Wirtschaftwoche, Bevölkerungsexplosion: Kann die Erde so viele Menschen ernähren?
1 September 2015, corporAID Magazin, 'Die goldene Mitte'
21 February 2016, D +C Development and Cooperation (Magazine), ‘Debate on Industrial Policy’
3 May 2016, ARD alpha, 'Planet Wissen - Bazaaristan'
23 December 2016, Earthlink, Radio LoRa, ‘Giftmüllexporte in Entwicklungsländer’
11 January 2017, Huffington Post, ‘Sicherheitspaket: Wer Entwicklungshilfe kürzt begeht einen fatalen Fehler’
9 February 2019, The Economist, ‘Light for all nations? Electricity for the poor’
10 November 2022, Der Spiegel Geschichte, ‘Ich kann nicht zusehen, wenn Leute leiden.‘
15 December 2022, Deutschlandfunk, ‘Margaret Sanger, Pionierin der Geburtenkontrolle‘