Authors of the study

The interdisciplinary expert panel "Global Economy and Social Ethics" was set up in 1989 by the Commission for Universal Church of the German Bishops' Conference to advise institutions of the Catholic Church on questions of global economic development. In terms of its objectives and its personnel composition, the panel aims to combine economic and social-ethical expertise.

Members of the expert panel "Global Economy and Social Ethics":
Dr. Bernd Bornhorst, Head of the Department of Policy and Global Challenges, Misereor, Aachen
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Emunds, Professor of Christian Social Ethics and Social Philosophy at the University of Philosophy and Theology Sankt Georgen, Director of the Oswald von Nell-Breuning-Institute, Frankfurt/Main
Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD, President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Prof. Dr. Doris Fuchs, Professor of International Relations and Sustainable Development at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Dr. Barbara Hendricks, Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kruip, Professor of Christian Anthropology and Social Ethics at the University of Mainz
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kalkuhl, Professor for Climate Change, Development and Economic Growth at the University of Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Daniel Lang, Professor for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research, Leuphana University, Lüneburg
Prof. Dr. Linus Mattauch, Junior Professor for Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, Technical University, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Barbara Schellhammer, Professor for Intercultural Social Transformation, Munich School of Philosophy
Dr. Christoph Schinke, Consultant for Sociopolitical and Social Policy Issues, Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference, Bonn
Prof. DDr. Johannes Wallacher (Chairman), President Munich School of Philosophy, Professor of Social Sciences and Economic Ethics at Munich School of Philosophy (Project Leader)
Prof. Dr. Joachim Wiemeyer, Professor of Christian Social Ethics at the Ruhr University Bochum

Research assistants:
Dr. Stefan Einsiedel, Munich School of Philosophy
Dr. Thomas Steinforth, Munich School of Philosophy