Professor Dr. Karl-Werner Schulte has (co-)founded various important organizations in the real estate industry and has worked in numerous institutions worldwide. He has also held supervisory board, advisory board and advisory mandates with renowned real estate companies and organizations. For many years, he was editor of the ZIÖ Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie, the first academic real estate journal in the German-speaking world, as well as member of the editorial board of several international academic journals in the field of real estate economics.

Prof. Dr. Karl-Werner Schulte
Institutional work
The organizations of the real estate industry (co-)founded by Karl-Werner Schulte include:
- The DID Deutsche Immobilien Datenbank, (heute: IPD/MSCI)
- The GIF Gesellschaft für immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung
- The ERES European Real Estate Society
- The ULI Urban Land Institute Germany
- The ICG Initiative Corporate Governance der deutschen Immobilienwirtschaft e. V.
- The WFVI Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung zur Förderung des Immobilienjournalismus e. V. (today: gif-Preis für Immobilienjournalismus)
He also served selected academic organizations as president or board member for several years:
- Founding president of the gif Gesellschaft für Immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung e. V.
- President of the ERES European Real Estate Society
- President of the IRES International Real Estate Society
- Board Member of the AfRES African Real Estate Society








