Tabea Bucher-Koenen Awarded with Lifetime Professorship

Professor Tabea Bucher-Koenen, head of the ZEW Research Unit “Pensions and Sustainable Financial Markets”, has been awarded a lifetime professorship. The joint appointment by ZEW and the University of Mannheim’s Business School continues the successful collaboration in the field of finance. Tabea Bucher-Koenen’s research focuses on household finance and the economics of ageing and demographic change. In particular, she examines private and public pension systems as well as long-term financial decisions. With her expertise, she is currently advising policymakers as a member of the German Pensions Commission.

“I am very much looking forward to further advancing my research on retirement provision, financial decisions and financial education in Mannheim,” says Bucher-Koenen. “The research environment in Mannheim offers the best conditions for combining fundamental research with high-level policy application. Especially in challenging times, robust empirical findings are essential for informing policy decisions.”

Joachim Lutz, President and Dean of Mannheim Business School, says: “The appointment of Tabea Bucher-Koenen to a lifetime professorship recognizes her outstanding academic achievements and the important contribution her work makes to economic policy and public debate. Her appointment creates excellent conditions for further strengthening the successful collaboration between Mannheim Business School and ZEW in both research and knowledge transfer.”

ZEW President Professor Achim Wambach, PhD says: “We are delighted to strengthen and further expand our close collaboration with the University of Mannheim through Tabea Bucher-Koenen. Her research combines academic excellence with high societal relevance, which she is currently demonstrating impressively through her work on the German Pensions Commission.”