Research and Advisory Areas at the HWWI
- Economic Trends and Global Markets
- Environment and Climate
- Energy and Raw Material Markets
- Labour and Family Economics
- Health and Sports Economics
- Family Owned Business
- Real Estate and Asset Markets
- Demography, Migration and Integration
- Regional Economics and Urban Development
- Institutions and Institutional Change
- Sectoral Change: Maritime Industries and Aerospace

Themes & projects
- Business cycles
- The work places of the future
- Economic fundamentals for the predicting the future of air traffic
- Government debt
- Long-term perspectives of real assets investment
- Maritime economics and transport logistics
- The economic impact of Hamburg harbour
- Future perspectives of the aviation industry – Opportunities and risks for the air travel cluster in the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg
Contact person
Prof. Dr. Michael Bräuninger
Head of research area: Economic Trends and Global Markets
