Dr. Karl AIGINGER Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna

1966-1970 Studies of Economics, University of Vienna since 1970 Economic Researcher, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna 1982 Visiting Professor, Stanford University, California 1984-1987 Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna 1991 Visiting Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts 1993-2000 Member, Supervisory Board, ÖIAG - Österreichische Industrieholding, Vienna 1996-1998 Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna 1997 Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles 2000-2004 Deputy Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna since 1992 Honorary Professor, Industrial Economics & Economic Policies, Johannes Kepler University Linz since 2000 Editor, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade together with Marcel Canoy 2002 Visiting Professor, Research and Lecturing, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University since 2005 Director, WIFO - Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna since 2006 Professor for Economic Policy, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna since 2012 Coordinator, WWWforEurope (European Commission FP7)