Bachelor studies in Economics at the Humboldt University Berlin and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Master studies in Economics at Humboldt University Berlin and New York University
Professional background: Advisor at the German-Israeli Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Israel), freelance journalist (e.g. for dpa), student assistant at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Humboldt University Berlin.
Research interests: economic and societal impacts of digitalization (data economy, platform economy).
Engels, Barbara / Röhl, Klaus-Heiner, 2023, Innovation durch Kooperation. Wie Mittelstand und Start-ups in der Automobilbranche kooperieren, Studie in Kooperation mit dem VDA – Verband der Automobilindustrie e.V., IW-Report, Nr. 30, Köln / Berlin Zur Studie
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner / Bardt, Hubertus / Engels, Barbara, 2023, A New Era for the Defense Industry? Security Policy and Defense Capability after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 2, Berlin / Köln Zur Studie
Büchel, Jan / Engels, Barbara, 2022, Viele Unternehmen sind nicht bereit für die Datenwirtschaft, IW-Kurzbericht, Nr. 96, Köln Zur Studie
Büchel, Jan / Engels, Barbara, 2022, Branchentrends beim Data Sharing. Status Quo und Use Cases in Deutschland, IW-Report, Nr. 53, Köln Zur Studie
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner / Bardt, Hubertus / Engels, Barbara, 2022, Zeitenwende für die Verteidigungswirtschaft? Sicherheitspolitik und Verteidigungsfähigkeit nach der russischen Invasion der Ukraine, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 4, Berlin / Köln Zur Studie
Engels, Barbara, 2022, Nachhaltige Digitalisierung. Ein digitalökonomisches Konzept, IW-Policy Paper, Nr. 3, Köln Zur Studie
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels, 2022, Datenbewirtschaftung von Unternehmen in Deutschland, in: IW-Trends, 49. Jg., Nr. 1, S. 73-90 Zur Studie
Drehstuhlschnittstellen der deutschen Industrie – Befunde auf Basis einer explorativen Unternehmensbefragung IW-Report 20/2019
Werbung – Online ist oft teurer, aber auch präziser IW-Kurzbericht 57/2018
Datenschutzpräferenzen von Jugendlichen in Deutschland - Ergebnisse einer Schülerbefragung IW-Trends 2/2018
(in cooperation with Hubertus Bardt, Wido Geis, Tobias Hentze, Hans-Peter Klös, Susanna Kochskämper, Jürgen Matthes, Jochen Pimpertz, Axel Plünnecke, Thomas Puls, Thilo Schaefer, Oliver Stettes, Michael Voigtländer, Dirk Werner) Fiskalische Effekte des Koalitionsvertrags 2018 IW policy papers 5/2018
Online-Meeting statt Dienstreise – Unternehmen könnten 8,3 Mrd. Euro sparen IW-Kurzbericht 7/2018
(in cooperation with Mara Grunewald) Das Privacy Paradox – Digitalisierung versus Privatsphäre IW-Kurzbericht 57/2017
Bedeutung von Standards für die digitale Transformation – Befunde auf Basis des IW-Zukunftspanels IW-Trends 2/2017
Wirtschaftliche Kosten der Cyberspionage für deutsche Unternehmen – Cybersicherheit als Grundvoraussetzung der digitalen Transformation IW policy papers 6/2017
Big-Data-Analyse – Ein Einstieg für Ökonomen IW-Kurzbericht 78/2016
(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Klaus-Heiner Röhl, Christian Rusche) Digitalisierung und Mittelstand – Eine Metastudie IW-Analyse, Forschungsbericht Nr. 109
Nicht immer gut – Datenportabilität zwischen Online-Plattformen IW-Kurzbericht 56/2016
Expertises
Büchel, Jan / Engels, Barbara, 2022, Digitalisierungsindex 2022. Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft in Deutschland, Kurzfassung der Ergebnisse des Digitalisierungsindex im Rahmen des Projekts „Entwicklung und Messung der Digitalisierung der Wirtschaft am Standort Deutschland“ im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), Köln Zur Studie
(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Manuel Fritsch, Henry Goecke, Alevtina Krotova, Christian Rusche, Marc Scheufen, Christopher Thiele, Karl Lichtblau, Edgar Schmitz, Boris Otto, Tobias Korte, Can Azkan, Markus Spiekermann, Dominik Lis, Joshua Gelhaar, Lennart Iggenna, Lukas Maisel, Bernd Trautmann, Jens Fiedler, Osianoh Aliu, Pascal Bresser, Nils Müller) Data Economy. Status quo der deutschen Wirtschaft & Handlungsfelder in der Data Economy Studie für das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi), 2019
(in cooperation with Alexander Burstedde, Wido Geis, Hanno Kempermann, Matthias Niendorf, Thomas Puls, Klaus-Heiner Röhl, Christopher Thiele) Die Zukunft des Ruhrgebiets – Wirtschaftliche Lage und Potenziale des größten deutschen Ballungsraumes Gutachten für die Landesvereinigung der Unternehmensverbände NRW (unternehmer nrw), 2018
(in cooperation with Matthias Ammann, Fabian Schnell, Clemens Wallner)) Max Weber in der Digitalisierungsfalle? E-Government in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz Gutachten im Auftrag von Avenir Suisse, 2018
(in cooperation with Christoph Busch, Vera Demary, Justus Haucap, Christiane Kehder, Ina Loebert, Christian Rusche) Sharing Economy im Wirtschaftsraum Deutschland Gutachten im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie, 2018
(in cooperation with Martin Beznoska, Tobias Hentze, Axel Plünnecke, Thomas Puls, Thilo Schaefer, Björn Seipelt, Christopher Thiele, Michael Voigtländer) Wirtschaftsstandort Hessen – Bestandsaufnahme und Handlungsempfehlungen Gutachten für die Vereinigung der Hessischen Unternehmerverbände, 2018
(in cooperation with Michael Voigtländer) Digitalisierung und Immobilienfinanzierung – Potenziale und Perspektiven Gutachten für die TXS GmbH, 2017
(in cooperation with Vera Demary, Christian Rusche) Qualitative und quantitative Auswirkungen der Sharing Economy in Nordrhein-Westfalen Gutachten für das Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Industrie, Mittelstand und Handwerk des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2016
(in cooperation with Vera Demary) Collaborative Business Models and Efficiency – Potential Efficiency Gains in the European Union Impulse Paper for the European Commission, 2016
(in cooperation with Tobias Hentze, Axel Plünnecke, Thomas Puls, Klaus-Heiner Röhl) Die wirtschaftliche Situation Nordrhein-Westfalens – Bestandsaufnahme und Handlungsempfehlungen Gutachten für die Landesvereinigung der Unternehmensverbände Nordrhein-Westfalen unternehmer nrw, 2016
External Publications
Büchel, Jan / Engels, Barbara, 2022, The Importance of the Data Economy for Europe’s Digital Strategic Autonomy, in: European Liberal Forum (Hg.), Decoding EU Digital Strategic Autonomy. Sectors, Issues, and Partners, Techno-Politics Series, No.1, S. 13-18 Zur Studie
Data Governance as the Enabler of the Data Economy Intereconomics, vol. 54, no. 4, 2019, pp. 216–222
(in cooperation with Christoph Busch, Vera Demary, Christiane Kehder, Ina Loebert, Christian Rusche) Sharing Economy in Deutschland, Stellenwert und Regulierungsoptionen für Beherbungsdienstleistungen Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, 2019
Lost in Translation: the Role of Standards for the Digital Transformation CCSBE/CCPME Conference Proceedings, Quebec City, 2017, pp. 300–315
(in cooperation with Johannes Geyer, Peter Haan) Pension incentives and early retirement Labour Economics, Vol. 47, 2017, p. 216–231
Detours on the Path to a European Big Data Economy Springer Nature, http://rdcu.be/uR9L, 2017
Data Portability and Online Platforms The Effects on Competition [Extended Abstract] 29th Bled eConference - Research Volume, 2016
Data portability among online platforms Internet Policy Review, 5. Jg., Nr. 2, DOI: 10.14763/2016.2.408
Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Hubertus Bardt / Barbara Engels
The Russian attack on Ukraine has brought the question of the German Armed Forces’ operational capability back into focus. National defense, which seemed to play only a minor role with the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union in 1991, now has gained a higher political priority again.
Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Hubertus Bardt / Barbara Engels IW
Digitalisation Index 2022: Digitalisation of the Economy in Germany
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels
The economy in Germany becomes only slightly more digital in 2022 compared to 2021: The Digitalisation Index rises from 107.9 to 108.9 points. Following the sharp rise in 2021, digitalisation can be said to stagnate in 2022.
Data is the central resource of the digital transformation. It underlies all digital processes, transactions and interactions. The use of this data is key to innovation and sustainable growth (BMWK, 2022). Currently, however, many companies in Germany do not meet the requirements to be able to use data efficiently. This is shown by a survey of 1,051 companies from industry and industry-related service providers.
Industry trends in data sharing: Status Quo and Use Cases in Germany
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels
Data is generated everywhere along the value chain. Each player produces data specifically or as a by-product at various points in the production process. This data can offer significant benefits for the companies themselves and for the economy as a whole.
Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Hubertus Bardt / Barbara Engels
The Russian attack on Ukraine has brought the question of the German Armed Forces’ operational capability back into focus. National defence, which seemed to play only a minor role with the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union in 1991, now has gained a high political priority again.
Klaus-Heiner Röhl / Hubertus Bardt / Barbara Engels IW
Sustainable Digitalization: A digital economic concept
Barbara Engels
Data usage, networking, automation and autonomization: digitalization is omnipresent. But what is digitalization for? It is not an end in itself. It is intended to serve people, to help them achieve greater prosperity.
The Importance of the Data Economy for Europe’s Digital Strategic Autonomy
External Publication 4. July 2022
The Importance of the Data Economy for Europe’s Digital Strategic Autonomy
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels in European Liberal Forum
European companies need to have the ability to store, process, use, and share data securely and autonomously, for example by using cloud services based on agreed quality standards, values, and legislation.
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels in European Liberal Forum IW
Data Management by Companies in Germany: An Empirical Stocktaking
Jan Büchel / Barbara Engels
Companies that exploit their own data can use it to analyse and improve their business processes and thus improve their results. Firms can also benefit from using data jointly with other companies.
Differentiated Treatment of Business Users by Online Platforms
Expertise 24. September 2020
Differentiated Treatment of Business Users by Online Platforms
Vera Demary / Barbara Engels / Christian Rusche
Online platforms have gained importance in the past couple of years. They are present all over the world and in many sectors of the economy. Their main purpose is to facilitate transactions between various user groups. Hence, online platforms can be defined as online spaces in which users are brought together by a platform operator, in order to facilitate an interaction (the exchange of information, a commercial transaction, etc.).
Vera Demary / Barbara Engels / Christian Rusche IW
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