Since September 2017, Margit Mischkulnig is serving as Head of Department for Space Affairs at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK). Her areas of specialisation include macro- and micro-economics with specific focus on industrial policy. She joined the BMK in 2015, after working in the Ministry of Finance, the European Commission and the Wold Bank Group. She served in ministers’ cabinet responsible for innovation and technology.