PEOPLE
Science at ASCII is interdisciplinary. Our scientists combine diverse backgrounds in mathematics, physics, economics, and social sciences.
Board
President
Stefan Thurner (President of the Complexity Science Hub)
Vice President
Franz Staberhofer (Head of Logistikum Competence Center at FH OÖ)
Gabriel Felbermayr (Director of WIFO)
Financial Office
Maria Viktoria Grünberger (Head of Finance at FH OÖ)
Secretary
Veit Kohnhauser (Managing Director of Verein Netzwerk Logistik)
Further Members
Sonja Jöchtl (Director of Culture & Communication at Complexity Science Hub)
Agnes Kügler (Senior Economist at WIFO)
International Advisory Board
In order to meet the high standards we set for ourselves in terms of targeted, up-to-date and relevant research, ASCII is guided by an International Advisory Board. It consists of internationally recognized experts from industry, academia and politics. The Board meets annually to determine the scientific direction and significance of ASCII’s research.
Chair of Advisory Board
Sabine Herlitschka (CEO, Infineon)
Silvia Angelo (Executive Board Member, ÖBB Infra)
Martina Auer (Land OÖ)
Nicola Brandt (Head OECD Berlin Centre, OECD)
Alexandra Brintrup (Professor of Digital Manufacturing, University of Cambridge)
Christina Burger (BMAW)
Vasco Carvalho (University of Cambridge)
Thomas Eibl (Deputy Head, Economic Policy Department, WKO)
César Hidalgo (Professor, University of Toulouse)
Gerald Hofer (CEO, KNAPP)
Claudia Huber (Head of Economic Policy Department,
WKO)
Georg Knill (President, Industriellenvereinigung Österreich)
Georg Konetzky (Head of Section, Federal Ministry of Labor and Economic Affairs – BMAW)
Georg List (Vice President Corporate Strategy, AVL)
Kalina Manova (Professor of Economics, London’s Global University)
Benoit Montreuil (Executive Director Supply Chain & Logistics, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Klaus Oberreiter (Land OÖ)
Michael Obersteiner (Director of Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University)
Ralph Ossa (Chief Economist and Director, World Trade Organisation)
Harald Pflanzl (Senior Vice President, BASF)
Antràs Pol (Harvard University)
Markus Roider (Land OÖ)
Christa Schlager (Head of the Economic Policy Department, AK Wien)
Helene Schubert (Federal Managing Director, ÖGB)
Martin Selmayr (Head of Representation of the European Commission in Austria)
Thomas Starlinger (Austrian Military Representative to EU & NATO, Federal Ministry of Defense)
Claudia Steinwender (Professor Innovation & International Trade, LMU München)
Michael Stern (Head of Division, Federal Ministry of Labor and Economic Affairs – BMAW)
Karl-Heinz Strauss (CEO, PORR)
Peter Umundum (Deputy CEO, Post)
Mario Vielgrader (BMEIA)
Hubert Zajicek (Head of Steel Division, voestalpine)