Ludger Wößmann

Prof. Dr. Ludger Wößmann is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Würzburg. His research focuses on the intersection of education and economic prosperity, particularly the role of knowledge capital in shaping national economic futures.

His recent lecture Knowledge and prosperity: Education as the key to our future viability addressed critical issues in educational systems, including declining performance in Germany, class size effects, and policy-driven inequality reduction. He explores historical economic disparities, such as Protestant-Catholic success gaps, through empirical analyses.

The decline in educational quality, especially post-pandemic, and its societal implications form recurring themes in his work. He advocates for systemic reforms to strengthen education as a foundational asset for social and economic resilience.