ECONtribute expands spokesperson team and introduces job sharing model

After two years in office, the members of ECONtribute have confirmed Professor Thomas Dohmen in Bonn and Professor Matthias Heinz in Cologne as spokespersons of the Cluster of Excellence. The team is completed by Professor Pia Pinger, who shares the role of spokesperson with Matthias Heinz as part of a newly introduced job sharing model. Job sharing is not yet widespread in academia, and ECONtribute would like to use it to help balance work and family.

“We would like to thank the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Rectorates in Bonn and Cologne for the uncomplicated implementation and legal establishment of the model. We want to enable researchers in every family phase to actively participate in the development and management of the Cluster and make this possible through family-friendly conditions,” says the Cluster’s managing director, Dr. Carola Braun. “We hope that other scientific institutions will soon follow our example and that job sharing will become a more established model in scientific institutions,” she adds.

From left to right: Thomas Dohmen, Spokesperson for Bonn, Pia Pinger, Spokesperson for Cologne, Carola Braun, Managing Director and Matthias Heinz, Spokesperson for Cologne.

The new term of office will begin on October 1, 2023 and will last for two years. In addition to the spokespersons, new committees were also elected:

Prof. Dr. Felix Bierbrauer
Prof. Anna Bindler, PhD
Prof. Dr. Anne Burmeister
Prof. Dr. Thomas Dohmen
Prof. Dr. Matthias Heinz
Prof. Dr. Daniel Krähmer
Prof. Dr. Keith Kuester
Prof. Dr. Joris Lammers
Prof. Dr. Stephan Lauermann
Prof. Dr. Benny Moldovanu
Prof. Dr. Pia Pinger
Prof. Chris Roth, PhD
JProf. Dr. Amelie Schiprowski
Prof. Dr. Florian Zimmermann