§ 1 General
(1) These membership fee regulations are not part of the statutes. They can be amended only by the General Meeting of the Association. Resolutions on the amendment of the membership fee regulations shall apply from the year following the adoption of the resolution..
(2) In the event of withdrawal from the Association, no refund of fee already paid shall be made.
(3) These membership fee regulations distinguish between fees for personal and for corporate members (institutions).
§ 2 Method of Payment and Due Date
(1) The assessed membership fees are due at the time a member joins the association and are charged in the first quarter of the respective contribution year in subsequent years.
(2) The fee is paid by invoice, direct debit or credit card.
§ 3 Membership Fees
(1) As of January 1, 2025, the following annual membership fees apply:
Personal Membership:
Full members: 87 €
Reduced members: 42 €
Additional print subscription to ‘Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik’: 10 €
A print subscription is only available for personal members of the association with a postal address in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.
Corporate membership (special conditions may apply for existing memberships):
Major partner and supporting institutes: 5.000 €
Major partner institutes: 2.000 €
Partner institutes: 1.000 €
Supporting institutes: 500 €
(2) In the case of personal membership, the reduction is granted upon application. A reduction is granted to members who have not yet reached the age of 40. A reduction will not be granted if the member already holds a W2/W3 or an adjunct professorship (Germany), an associate, a university or an extraordinary professorship (Austria), or an (extra-)ordinary professorship (Switzerland) or holds a comparable academic position abroad.
(3) Changes in personal details must be communicated to the VfS office as soon as possible.
(4) In the event of payment reminders, reminder fees of 5 Euros per reminder can be charged. The Association reserves the right to charge return debit fees to members.
§ 4 Association Account
The Management Board is authorised to nominate a bank account for the payment of membership fees to be held by the Verein für Socialpolitik.
Membership fee regulations according to the resolution of the General Meeting on December 4, 2024 ; last changed by resolution of the General Meeting on September 2, 2018, valid from January 1, 2019