New scientific director at IAW - Prof. Martin Biewen succeeds Prof. Wilhelm Kohler

As of today, Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen (2nd from right) takes over as Scientific Director of the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW) in Tübingen. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Kohler, who held this office for ten years. In the future, Professor Biewen will lead the IAW together with Prof. Dr. Bernhard Boockmann.

Prof. Dr. Martin Biewen has held the Chair of Statistics, Econometrics and Quantitative Methods at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen since 2009. His research interests lie in labor market and education economics, especially in the area of income distribution. His methodological contributions deal, among other things, with the application of machine learning.