Administration and Support

The two research divisions of KOF are supported by the Division «Administration and Support». Various administrative, graphical, technical, communication and representative activities are gathered here. This large variety of duties is spread over four distinct sections.

The section Administration takes care of human resources and accounting. Furthermore, secretary duties of e.g. the SGK and CIRET (Centre for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys) are carried out here.

Corporate Communication accompanies all activities directed towards the general public and contact with the media. It includes e.g. preparing the KOF Bulletin, maintaining the KOF website with regard to its content and releasing our press statements. Also other KOF publications, like the quarterly journal KOF Analyses, are finalised here. The Corporate Communication team also maintains the internet platform Ökonomenstimme.

The information technology (IT) section does not only facilitate the use of computers and computer-related services within KOF, but also assures that e.g. survey participants are able to fill out their forms electronically. From a non-technical side, it is Survey Support that makes sure that the manifold survey activities carried out at KOF all run smoothly.