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Education, Immigration and Innovation

The IW's Education, Immigration and Innovation competence area is researching how education and immigration contribute to securing skilled labor.

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The experts scrutinise the educational system from early-childhood teaching, primary and secondary schools right up to tertiary education. The focus is on both monitoring educational processes and policy developments as well as issues of funding and fairness with respect to the education system. Our economists analyse the contribution of migration to securing a skilled workforce, examine the importance of workers qualified in STEM subjects (science, technology, electronics and mathematics) for a country’s innovation performance and investigate whether such workers are sufficiently available to the labour market. The unit identifies potential bottlenecks and suggests how these might be removed.

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Sections of the Research Unit

Contact Persons

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Christina Anger

Dr. Christina Anger

Head of the Research Group Microdata and Method Development

Tel: +49 221 4981-718
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Julia Betz

Julia Betz

Consultant Education Monitor and MINT

Tel: +49 221 4981-675
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Rosalia Meztli Chino Flores

Rosalia Meztli Chino Flores

Consultant in the project „Make it in Germany“

Tel: +49 221 4981-823
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Jean-Marc Djanhan

Jean-Marc Djanhan

Economist for Immigration

Tel: +49 221 4981-520
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Wido Geis-Thöne

Dr. Wido Geis-Thöne

Senior Economist for Family Policy and Migration Issues

Tel: +49 221 4981-705
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Justina Godesberg

Justina Godesberg

Teamleader Project Make it in Germany

Tel: +49 221 4981-875
Maike Haag

Maike Haag

Referentin Patentdatenbank

Tel: +49 221 4981-224
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Alexandra Köbler

Alexandra Köbler

Consultant for Immigration

Tel: +49 221 4981-687
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Kerstin Krey

Kerstin Krey

Head of Education, Innovation and Immigration Research Unit

Tel: +49 221 4981-833

Fax: +49 221 4981-99833

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René Lang

René Lang

Researcher in the "Make it in Germany" project

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Jeannette Michaelle Nintcheu

Jeannette Michaelle Nintcheu

Researcher for Immigration

Tel: +49 221 4981-872
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Katharina Parfil

Katharina Parfil

Consultant for Immigration

Tel: +49 221 4981-667
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Axel Plünnecke

Prof. Dr. Axel Plünnecke

Head of Education, Innovation and Immigration Research Unit

Tel: +49 221 4981-701 @A_Pluennecke
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Vanessa Pohlmann

Vanessa Pohlmann

Consultant in the project „Make it in Germany“

Tel: +49 221 4981-834
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