Federal Minister Katherina Reiche has appointed Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, professor at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) and head of the Energy Systems and Market Design Research Group, to the newly established scientific advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).
The board will provide the minister and her ministry with science-based advice on issues of market economy and regulatory policy. Alongside Prof. Grimm, the board includes Prof. Justus Haucap (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Prof. Stefan Kolev (University of Applied Sciences Zwickau), and Prof. Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt).
Minister Reiche emphasized the importance of the new advisory board: “To revitalize growth and strengthen international competitiveness, decisive reforms in the spirit of the social market economy are needed. I am delighted to have secured four outstanding and widely recognized scholars for this task.”
Prof. Grimm underscored the need for decisive reforms: “Germany faces profound structural challenges that call for decisive action and effective reforms. I look forward to working with my colleagues to support the Federal Ministry in developing our social market economy in a future-oriented way, with a clear focus on innovation and growth potential.”
Prof. Grimm has been working at UTN since 2024 and is a recognized expert on energy and economic policy issues. In addition to her new role in the advisory group, she contributes her expertise to the German Council of Economic Experts, the National Hydrogen Council, and other national expert committees.
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Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm (Copyright: Eye-D Fotodesign)
About the University of Technology Nuremberg
The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), founded in 2021, is the first newly established public university in Bavaria since 1978. The UTN is a living laboratory building a university for the age of AI and the rapidly advancing changes in technology, business and society. The UTN strives to become a strong regional force in research, teaching and transfer and an internationally leading university of the 21st century with regional roots and a global outlook.
The 37-hectare, sustainable UTN campus will form the center of the new Lichtenreuth district in Nuremberg, close to the historic city center. Around 6,000 students, 200 professors and at least 2,000 employees will study and work there. Study programs will integrate aspects of technology, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences to ideally prepare students for the interdisciplinary requirements of the new world of work.
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Federal Minister Katherina Reiche has appointed Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm, professor at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) and head of the Energy Systems and Market Design Research Group, to the newly established scientific advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).
The board will provide the minister and her ministry with science-based advice on issues of market economy and regulatory policy. Alongside Prof. Grimm, the board includes Prof. Justus Haucap (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), Prof. Stefan Kolev (University of Applied Sciences Zwickau), and Prof. Volker Wieland (Goethe University Frankfurt).
Minister Reiche emphasized the importance of the new advisory board: “To revitalize growth and strengthen international competitiveness, decisive reforms in the spirit of the social market economy are needed. I am delighted to have secured four outstanding and widely recognized scholars for this task.”
Prof. Grimm underscored the need for decisive reforms: “Germany faces profound structural challenges that call for decisive action and effective reforms. I look forward to working with my colleagues to support the Federal Ministry in developing our social market economy in a future-oriented way, with a clear focus on innovation and growth potential.”
Prof. Grimm has been working at UTN since 2024 and is a recognized expert on energy and economic policy issues. In addition to her new role in the advisory group, she contributes her expertise to the German Council of Economic Experts, the National Hydrogen Council, and other national expert committees.
Learn more (in German)
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Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm (Copyright: Eye-D Fotodesign)
About the University of Technology Nuremberg
The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN), founded in 2021, is the first newly established public university in Bavaria since 1978. The UTN is a living laboratory building a university for the age of AI and the rapidly advancing changes in technology, business and society. The UTN strives to become a strong regional force in research, teaching and transfer and an internationally leading university of the 21st century with regional roots and a global outlook.
The 37-hectare, sustainable UTN campus will form the center of the new Lichtenreuth district in Nuremberg, close to the historic city center. Around 6,000 students, 200 professors and at least 2,000 employees will study and work there. Study programs will integrate aspects of technology, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences to ideally prepare students for the interdisciplinary requirements of the new world of work.
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