The CompNet Scientific Team includes senior researchers from the IWH and the ECB as well as talented research analysts (including PhD students) from the two institutions. The team promotes research projects on competitiveness and productivity issues using the CompNet dataset; organises workshops and conferences on these issues; and manages the firm-level data collection as well as the implementation of new methodologies and indicators into the CompNet dataset.
Matthias Mertens is the Coordinator of the Scientific Team and the Head of the IWH-CompNet group.
Peter Haug is a Senior Economist in the Department of Structural Change and Productivity at the IWH.
Tommaso Bighelli is a PhD student at IWH.
Jonathan Deist is a PhD student at IWH.
Verena Plümpe is an Economist at IWH.
Anna Francesca Kern is a Master Student at Martin Luther University, Halle.
Clemens Häfner is a Master Student in Economics at Leipzig University.
Ahmed Elhefnawy is a Bachelor Student at Martin Luther University, Halle.
Dieu Hong Le is a Master Student in Economics, Data science and Policy at Martin Luther University, Halle.
Ida Dorn is is a PhD Student at IWH.
Bernardo Mottironi is a PHD student at London School of Economics and Political Science.
Laura Lufray is a Master Student at University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro Zona Mattioli is a student at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Laura Lehtonen is a Master Student Graduate from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sara Azzarito is a Master Graduate at University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy.
Ottavia Papagalli is a trainee at the ECB.
Giovanni Brocca is a Master Student at University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy.
Daniele Aglio is a PhD student at Koç University, Turkey.
Anmol Kaur Grewal is a PhD student at Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland.
Laonardo Indraccolo is a PhD student at European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
Neeharika Kakunuri is a PhD student at University College Dublin, Ireland.
Marcelo Piemonte Ribeiro is a PhD student at Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland.