Re-organisation
During the past several years, the financial pressure on German economic research institutes has definitely increased. The institutes more and more compete for subsidies against universities and consultancies. In the last months, RWI Essen had developed a new organization to advance it as a progressive center for scientific research and evidence-based consulting service for the political sector.
Instead of static research groups, which are differentiated by units of observation, there are areas of competence, which are divided by their content. In the next step these are divided into fields of research, in which single projects and research teams are combined.
Every scientist will simultaneously belong to various research teams so that the institute can be more flexible. The institute's wants to create a structure that adjusts to changing frameworks and demands. At the same time, changing research teams will enable the scientists to improve their networking qualities.
All members of RWI Essen know that the re-organization is a big challenge for all participants. But the institute is sure that the changes will empower it to work at a higher scientific level in the future. Certainly the RWI team will accept this new challenge with commitment.
