WIIW The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies - Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche

Virág Bittó is Economist at wiiw and PhD candidate in Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her research interests include Global Value Chains, (green) innovation and climate economics. Before starting her PhD, she spent almost four years as a junior researcher at EcoAustria Institute for Economic Research in Vienna, focusing on regional economics and climate policy. During her time at university, she worked on multiple research projects as a research assistant at the HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences in Budapest and at the Game Theory Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She holds an MA in Economic Policy in Global Markets and an MSc in Economic Analysis from Central European University (CEU).