Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Founded in 1914, Kiel Institute for the World Economy is a think tank based in Kiel, Germany working on science & research, education, international development.

The Kiel Institute for the World Economy is a research institute based in Kiel, with a Berlin hub, that studies globalisation and the global economy. It was established in 1914 as the Königliches Institut für Seeverkehr und Weltwirtschaft and is an independent foundation under public law of the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, funded by the German Federal Government and the state. Its work covers economic forecasts for Germany, the euro area and the world, analysis of trade, climate and energy policy, industrial policy, defence economics and development economics, and it runs research centres, PhD and fellowship programmes, conferences and public events. The institute also operates the Kiel Trade Indicator, the Ukraine Support Tracker and other open data resources. Donations and membership fees are channelled through the separate Society for the Advancement of the Kiel Institute, a non-profit association.