The Expert Council

Expert Advice on Migration and Integration

Council Members

The members of the Expert Council are appointed for three years
The current Council members:

Prof. Panu Poutvaara, PhD

Member of the Expert Council

ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research

Panu Poutvaara is Professor of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) and Director of the ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research, ifo Institute. His research focuses include the impact of migration opportunities on human capital formation, family migration, populism, and the welfare effects of immigration.

Professional background:

Master’s degree in economics, University of Helsinki, 1992–1997
Licentiate, University of Helsinki, 1999
Visiting Fellow with a Fulbright Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999–2000
PhD in economics, University of Helsinki, 2002
Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) in Copenhagen, 2002–2005
Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki, 2005–2006
Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Research Fellow, RUESG, University of Helsinki, 2006
Professor of Economics, University of Helsinki, 2006–2010
Professor of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), since 2010
Director of the ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research, ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, since 2010

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