Alexander Ludwig

ALEXANDER LUDWIG is a Professor for Public Macroeconomics at the European University Institute (EUI, Florence) since 2024. He is on leave from Goethe University Frankfurt, where he has held the Professorship for Public Finance and Macroeconomic Dynamics since 2014. His affiliations include being a spokesperson for the DFG research unit on Macroeconomic Implications of Intra-Household Decision Making, a principal investigator in the EU Horizon 2022 project SUSTAINWELL, and a co-founder of the Frankfurt Quantitative Macro Group (FQMG). He is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Director of ICIR, and affiliated with SAFE (Goethe University Frankfurt), CMR (University of Cologne), MEA (Munich), Netspar, and ZEW (University of Mannheim).

Professor Ludwig’s research focuses on dynamic macroeconomics with heterogeneous agents, public finance, demographic economics, and computational economics. His recent work explores topics such as inequality reduction through education policy, insurance demand forecasting, and the interplay between demographic change, inflation, and asset returns. His projects often integrate theoretical modeling with empirical analysis to address pressing policy questions related to welfare systems, financial markets, and long-term economic trends.

Awards and honors include being a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He is also an active contributor to academic institutions through roles such as Editorial Board Member at the Journal of Pension Economics & Finance and the Journal of Demographic Economics.

Professor Ludwig has previously led major initiatives, including the DFG priority program 1578 on Financial Market Imperfections (until 2021) and the Norface DIAL project on inequality sources and policy. His professional network spans multiple institutions, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to macroeconomic and demographic challenges.