About RWI

Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut
für Wirtschaftsforschung

RWI is a modern center for scientific research and evidence-based policy advice, retaining its strong roots in the region. In 2003 RWI developed a coherent research program following the Leitmotif: “Individual prosperity and economic policy in the times of demographic and societal change.”

Focal points of the research include analysis of the labor market, educational research, migration and environmental economics. Particular attention is paid to the diagnosis and forecasting of the German economy and those of leading developed countries, as well as to structural changes within the economy, i.e. in manufacturing, medium-sized businesses and the IT sector. Due to the location of the institute, analysis of the economy of North Rhine-Westphalia is also on the agenda. Research is based on the latest theoretical concepts, as well as scientific methods. The results are published as a rule and are thus available to the public.

Together with Ruhr University Bochum, TU Dortmund and University of Duisburg-Essen RWI founded the Ruhr Graduate School of Economics. RGS Econ explicitly combines the expertise of researchers from all four participating institutions, thus providing an ideal place for research and higher education in economics. Emphasis is on analytical theories and advanced methods.

The institute was founded in 1926. Since 1943 it is an independent and non-commercial establishment.

RWI is member of the Leibniz Association

The Leibniz Association is an association of 87 scientifically, legally and economically independent research institutes and service establishments for research in Germany.

„audit berufundfamilie“

Am 25. Mai 2011 hat das RWI in Berlin sein Zertifikat zum „auditberufundfamilie“ erhalten. Als Zertifikatsträger bekennt sich das Institut dazu, seine bereits bestehenden familienfreundlichen Maßnahmen künftig noch transparenter und sichtbarer zu machen und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf aktiv zu unterstützen. Das Bild zeigt Sabine Reinhard, Leiterin der RWI-Serviceabteilung „Personal und Recht, allgemeine Verwaltung“ bei der Zertifikatsübergabe zusammen mit Peter Hintze, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär beim Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Technologie. Schirmherren für das „auditberufundfamilie“ der Gemeinnützigen Hertie-Stiftung sind Bundesfamilienministerin Dr. Kristina Schröder und Bundeswirtschaftsminister Dr. Philipp Rösler.

Pressemitteilung der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft zur Zertifizierung von 10 Leibniz-Instituten

Quelle des Bilds: berufundfamilie gGmbH