Jacob Funk Kirkegaard has been associated with the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) since 2002, and is currently a nonresident senior fellow with PIIE and resident senior fellow with the independent thinktank Bruegel in Brussels.
Before joining the PIIE, Jacob worked with the Danish Ministry of Defense, the United Nations in Iraq, and in the private financial sector. He is a graduate of the Danish Army’s Special School of Intelligence and Linguistics with the rank of first lieutenant; the University of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark; the Columbia University in New York; and received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies. He is author, coauthor or coeditor of Transforming the European Economy (2004), Accelerating the Globalization of America: The Role for Information Technology (2006), The Accelerating Decline in America’s High-Skilled Workforce: Implications for Immigration Policy (2007), US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries (2009) and Transatlantic Economic Challenges in an Era of Growing Multipolarity (2012). Jacob appears regularly in global media, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Politico, BBC, NPR, Marketplace, Bloomberg, CNBC and various local European outlets. His current research focuses on European politics, macroeconomics and structural reforms, immigration, demographics, pension systems, labor markets, decarbonization strategies, foreign direct investment trends and estimations, and the productivity impact of information technology.
