Michael Stolpe

Dr. Michael Stolpe is a Senior Research Economist & Head of Global Health at Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
In Germany, Mr. Stolpe is a senior economist at the Kiel Institute for the World Economics, leading its project on the global health economy.
He was also a full member of the DFG Cluster of Excellence "Inflammation at Interfaces," completed in 2018, and now serves as a founding member of the DFG Cluster of Excellence "Precision Medicine," one of the world's leading research collaborations on chronic inflammatory processes in the human body, associated with a wide range of diseases whose prevalence is rapidly increasing in many industrialized countries.
Michael Stolpe's current research is focused on health inequalities, health investments over the lifecycle, early retirement and pension policy, the social costs of HIV/AIDS, medical decision-making, methods of economic evaluation, and innovation in medical technology and practice.
He has additional research experience in finance, international economics, and economic growth.
As a policy advisor, Michael Stolpe has provided expertise to national governments worldwide and key international organizations, such as the European Medical Research Councils, the European Commission, and the International Monetary Fund.
During his time at the Kiel Institute, Michael Stolpe has previously headed various research groups on technology policy, innovation, and economic growth, served as a visiting scholar at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and partnered with leading scholars at the universities of Oxford, Warwick, Rome and the United Nations University in Maastricht in a multi-year EU-funded research collaboration on "European Integration, Financial Systems, and Corporate Performance."