Ulrich von Lampe

Ulrich von Lampe is PIK’s Head of Communications. He is responsible for, and coordinates, the institute’s classical and digital media work. He supports the research groups by presenting and discussing their results in the media, and advises the Directorate on communications and strategic issues.

He studied in Hamburg and Cologne, finished university with a degree in economics, and aquired journalistic knowledge as a trainee and then economic editor at the daily newspaper “Kölnische Rundschau”. After that he moved to the economics magazine “Capital”, where he managed and coordinated the politics section. Before joining PIK, he worked as chief editor in the media house of the German Economic Institute in Cologne and then served for six years as Head of Communications of the Berlin-based climate research institute MCC.