Daniel Gros - World Economic Forum on Europe 2011

Daniel Gros (born 1955) is a German

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

who currently serves as the Director of the

Centre for European Policy Studies The Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) is a think tank based in Brussels, Belgium that undertakes research "leading to solutions to the challenges facing Europe today". It was established in 1983. Organisation CEPS is a leading think tan ...

(CEPS), a European think tank. Gros worked for the CEPS from 1986 to 1988 and has worked there continuously since 1990. His current research primarily focuses on EU economic policy, specifically on the impact of the euro on capital and labour markets, as well as on the international role of the euro, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. He also monitors the transition towards market economies and the process of

enlargement of the European Union The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU, a state needs to fulfil economic and political conditions called the Copenhagen criteria ...

towards the east.

Early life and education

Gros was born and raised in Germany. He attended the University of Rome where he received a ''

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in Economia e Commercio.'' He also received his PhD in economics from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

in 1984.

Career

Gros has previously worked for the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...

from 1983 to 1986, served as an Economic Advisor to the Directorate General II of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

from 1988 to 1990 co-authoring the study targeted to design the Euro, and served as an advisor to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

from 1998 to 2005. He has also taught at the

College of Europe The College of Europe (french: Collège d'Europe) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with its main campus in Bruges, Belgium and a second campus in Warsaw, Poland. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 by leading ...

(campus of Natolin) and at numerous other universities throughout Europe including the Catholic University of Leuven, the Goethe University Frankfurt,

University of Basel The University of Basel (Latin: ''Universitas Basiliensis'', German: ''Universität Basel'') is a university in Basel, Switzerland. Founded on 4 April 1460, it is Switzerland's oldest university and among the world's oldest surviving universit ...

Bocconi University Bocconi University ( it, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, ) is a private university in Milan, Italy. Bocconi provides education in the fields of economics, finance, law, management, political science, public administration and comput ...

, the

Kiel Institute for the World Economy The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Institut für Weltwirtschaft, or IfW) is an independent, non-profit economic research institute and think tank based in Kiel, Germany. In 2017, it was ranked as one of the top 50 most influential think ta ...

and the

Central European University Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social science ...

. He is editor of ''Economie Internationale'' and of ''International Finance''. He also writes commentaries for Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit newspaper syndicate and association of newspapers.

Other activities

European Systemic Risk Board The European Systemic Risk Board () is a group established on 16 December 2010 in response to the ongoing financial crisis. It is tasked with the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the European Union in order to contrib ...

(ESRB), Member of the Advisory Scientific Committee * Centre for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM), Member of the Advisory Board *

International Finance International finance (also referred to as international monetary economics or international macroeconomics) is the branch of financial economics broadly concerned with monetary and macroeconomic interrelations between two or more countries. Inter ...

, Member of the Editorial Board * Intereconomics – Review of European Economic Policy, Member of the Advisory Board *

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

(WEF), Member of the Europe Policy Group (since 2017)Europe Policy Group

. * Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Member on the International Advisory Council (2003-2006)

References

External links

Column archive
at '' CEPS''
Column archive
at Project Syndicate
Column archive
at ''

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Column archive
at ''

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CV of Daniel Gros
at the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE) *
"Resolving the European Sovereign Debt Crisis"
Presentation by Daniel Gros, CFO Insight Magazine, October 2012 {{DEFAULTSORT:Gros, Daniel Living people German economists College of Europe faculty Sapienza University of Rome alumni University of Chicago alumni German male non-fiction writers 1955 births