Regina T. Riphahn

Prof. Regina T. Riphahn holds the Chair of Statistics and Empirical Economic Research at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) since 2005. She is a prominent figure in German economics, serving as Vice President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and Chair of the German Association for Social Policy (Verein für Socialpolitik) for 2023/24.

Her academic background includes studies at the Universities of Cologne, Bonn, Sussex (UK), Tennessee (USA), and North Carolina (USA), with an MBA in 1990, PhD in economics in 1995, and habilitation at the University of Munich in 1999. Prior to FAU, she held professorships at the Universities of Mainz and Basel (Switzerland).

Prof. Riphahn's research integrates statistical methods with economic policy analysis, focusing on labor market dynamics, social welfare systems, and demographic-economic interactions. Her work emphasizes empirical approaches to policy-relevant questions in social economics.

• Head, Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics (BGPE) since 2005
• Member, German Council of Science and Humanities
• Chair, German Council for Social and Economic Data
• Member, Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Member, Academia Europaea

Through her leadership of the Bavarian Graduate Program in Economics, she has significantly influenced doctoral training in economics across Bavaria. Her advisory roles with national scientific councils have shaped research policy and data infrastructure for social and economic research in Germany.