Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln

Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is the President of WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Macroeconomics and Development at Goethe University Frankfurt. She holds a PhD in Economics from Yale University and previously served as Assistant Professor at Harvard University. Her research focuses on cross-country labor supply, household financial behavior, and the long-term effects of historical institutions.

• German Science Foundation Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2018)
• German Economic Association Gossen Prize (2016)
• ERC Consolidator Grant (2018) and Starting Grant (2010)
• Fellow of the Econometric Society
• Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

Her work explores how historical experiences (e.g., communism) shape economic preferences, tax policy impacts across countries, and pandemic-induced educational disruptions. She serves on advisory boards for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and the German Central Bank.