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Professor Hans Gersbach is Professor of Macroeconomics: Innovation and Policy at ETH Zurich and Co-Director of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich. He is among the leading economists in monetary macroeconomics, monetary and banking theory, climate policy, the economic theory of political institutions, and the economics of innovation.

Professor Gersbach’s research combines theoretical modeling with current societal challenges, such as designing democratic processes and fostering innovation in economies. He is a Research Fellow at the CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy Research) in Public Policy and Industrial Organization, at CESifo in Munich, and at IZA in Bonn. He regularly advises policy institutions and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, which he has chaired. In addition, Professor Gersbach is a member of the Committee for Monetary Policy and Monetary Theory of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik).