Economists
in alphabetical order
Amat Adarov
EconomistResearch Focus
Macroeconomic analysis; international trade and finance; economic integration; transition economies; financial markets; complex networks in trade and finance
Vasily Astrov
EconomistResearch Focus
Russia, CIS countries; macroeconomic analysis; wages, energy and infrastructure
Alexandra Bykova
Statistician and EconomistSpecialisation
Statistical coverage of Kazakhstan, Russia; Kazakhstan country monitoring; wiiw Monthly Database, financial indicators
Mahdi Ghodsi
EconomistResearch Focus
International trade, International trade policy, non-tariff measures, industrial policy, foreign direct investment, global value chains, political economy of sanctions, Iran economy, applied econometrics and modelling, technological change
Richard Grieveson
Deputy DirectorResearch Focus
Turkey; CESEE macroeconomic analysis; economic history, European integration; political economy and policy analysis
Philipp Heimberger
EconomistResearch Focus
Macroeconomic analysis; public sector economics; economic policy in the European context
Mario Holzner
Executive DirectorIs Executive Director at wiiw. He is also coordinating economic policy development and communication with a focus on European economic policy.
Gabor Hunya
Senior Research AssociateResearch Focus
Moldova, Romania; privatisation and foreign direct investment in Central, East and Southeast Europe
Stefan Jestl
EconomistResearch Focus
Labour mobility, labour market and infrastructure, wealth and income distribution, regional economics
Branimir Jovanovic
EconomistResearch Focus
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia; Inequality, poverty, fiscal policy, taxation, social policies, labour rights, financial crises
Niko Korpar
EconomistResearch Focus
Slovenia; Ecological economics, international trade, European policy
Michael Landesmann
Senior Research Associate; Scientific Director (1996-2016)Research Focus
East-West economic integration, structural change, economic growth, general topics in international economic relations; globalisation and labour markets, migration
Sandra M. Leitner
EconomistResearch Focus
Corporate behaviour; innovation and technological change; economic development and growth; capital markets; labour markets, mobility, and migration
Sebastian Leitner
EconomistResearch Focus
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; distribution and social policy; labour markets
Ambre Maucorps
EconomistResearch Focus
Regional economics and EU regional policy; Rural development; European cross-border and transnational cooperation
Olga Pindyuk
EconomistResearch Focus
Ukraine, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); International trade and FDI in Services; Macroeconomic analysis and forecast; Economies of Ukraine and CIS; Banking markets; CGE modelling
Leon Podkaminer
Senior Research AssociateResearch Focus
Poland, Czechia; economic policy; macroeconomic analysis; exchange rates; patterns of consumption, relative prices
Oliver Reiter
Economist and Data ScientistResearch Focus
International trade; non-tariff measures in trade; input-output databases and analysis
Sandor Richter
Senior Research AssociateResearch Focus
Hungary; EU budget; new EU Member States; EU enlargement, regional economic integration of the Visegrad countries; East-West economic integration
Roman Römisch
EconomistResearch Focus
Regional economics and EU regional policy; national accounts and macroeconomic analysis
Robert Stehrer
Scientific DirectorResearch Focus
International integration, trade, technology and labour markets, applied econometrics
Roman Stöllinger
EconomistResearch Focus
Foreign trade, global value chains, foreign direct investment, structural change, industrial policy and competitiveness
Maryna Tverdostup
EconomistResearch Focus
Estonia; Labour market, gender inequalities and migration; Applied micro-econometrics; Experimental economics; Credence goods markets