Prof Dr Martin Hellwig is Director (emeritus) of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn and Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn.

Professor Hellwig holds a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has worked at universities in Stanford, Princeton, Bonn, Basel, Harvard and Mannheim. His research interests include the economics of information and incentives, public goods and taxation, financial institutions and financial stability, network industries and competition policy. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, a foreign honorary member of the American Economic Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, former president of the European Economic Association and the Verein für Socialpolitik, and co-winner of the 2012 Max Planck Research Prize for his work on international financial regulation.

 12. Oktober 2021, 5 p.m. Discussion

"How crisis-proof is our economy?"

Professor Hellwig will discuss this topic in the Skylounge of the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics with the following participants on the podium: Helmut Ettl (FMA Executive Board), Franz Sinabell (WIFO), Martin Kocher (Federal Minister of Labour), Kirsten Wandschneider (University of Vienna) and Paul Pichler (University of Vienna - moderator).

Venue: Skylounge (12th floor), Faculty of Economics, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna

In order to participate in the event on site (limited number of seats), a 2.5G certificate is required.

**The places for participation on site have already been allocated**

Ask your questions to the panel! Send an email with your question to podiumsdiskussion.wiwi@univie.ac.at 

The questions will be put to the panel by the moderator.

 20. Oktober 2021, 08:30 Uhr: Public Lecture

"Monetary policy, banks and inflation - some misconceptions in the current debate"

Professor Hellwig will give a public lecture on this topic at FHWien.

Venue: Audimax B 001, FHWien der WKW, Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna

A 2.5G certificate is required to participate in the event on site (limited number of seats).

Further information about the event as well as the possibility to register can be found on the FHWien homepage.