From 02.06.2025 to 04.06.2026 the KIZ Political Economy Workshop took place at the ifo Institute in Munich, which Prof. Gründler co-organizes annually. The workshop is an annual joint cooperation between ifo Munich, ZEW Mannheim, the University of Leipzig and the Department of Macroeconomics at the University of Kassel. It brings together young researchers from Germany and Europe and is held alternately in Mannheim and Munich each year.