Professor Matthias Lücke
Senior Researcher, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Professor Matthias Lücke is a senior researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, an adjunct professor at Kiel University, and a Fellow at the CASE Centre for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw.
His research interests include the development impact of labour migration and remittances in migrants’ countries of origin, resource-based development (especially in Central Asia), international trade policy and the relationship between globalisation, technological change and income inequality.
From 2000 until 2003, Matthias Lücke was a senior economist at the IMF where he worked on the country desks for Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Moldova, covering macroeconomic developments, systemic transformation, and programme administration. Professor Lücke has been a consultant to several national governments and international organizations, especially on issues related to WTO accession and labour migration. His teaching at Kiel University focusses on the economics of European integration.
Since 2011 Professor Lücke is a senior consultant for international trade policy and labour migration with the German Economic Team Moldova.