Jakob von Weizsacker

Jakob von Weizsacker is a Research Fellow at Bruegel, the Brussels based think tank, working on migration, social insurance, ageing and economic development. He joined Bruegel from the World Bank in Washington (2002-2005) where he was Country Economist for Tajikistan. Previously, he worked for the Federal Economics Ministry in Berlin (2001-2002) where he headed the Office of a Junior Minister and Vesta, a venture capital firm (2000-2001). Before that, he held research positions at the Center for Economic Studies in Munich and CIRED in Paris.