April 2026 - NOeG-l - Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

REMINDER: Call for submissions "Demography and Human Capital" - WIC2026 - Wittgenstein Centre Conference , 01.-02.12.2026
by VID, conference 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

[cid:image001.jpg@01DCC8C9.71849BD0] Dear all, This is a kind reminder of our call for submissions for the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2026 (WIC2026) "Demography and Human Capital".<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/news-events/conferences/demography-and-human-cap…> This conference aims to advance theories, data, and multi-dimensional demographic methods for modelling human capital formation and its dynamics over time, and to connect cutting-edge evidence to policy debates globally. Human capital - education, skills, health, and capabilities - is a central driver of demographic change and a key lens for understanding social and economic development, inequality, and resilience. We would be delighted to receive your contributions. The submission deadline is 30 April 2026. Please find further details below. Key information: * Conference date: Tuesday, 01 December 2026 - Wednesday, 02 December 2026 * Venue: Festive Hall, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna * Format: presentations onsite only * Submission deadline: 30 April 2026 * Keynote Speakers: Ann Berrington, University of Southampton Petra Todd, University of Pennsylvania Manos Antoninis, Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, UNESCO * Please note that the conference will take place immediately following the 50th anniversary celebration<https://www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/50-years-of-vid> of the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) on 30 November 2026 at the same venue. Conference participants are warmly invited to attend the VID's 50th anniversary celebration as well. * Feel free to share the information within your networks! Best wishes, the organizing team ------------------------------------ Conference Administration Vienna Institute of Demography Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA/POPJUS, OeAW/VID, Univ. Vienna/DoD) Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Wien, Österreich | Vienna, Austria conference.VID(a)oeaw.ac.at<mailto:conference.VID@oeaw.ac.at>

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[INEQ Research Seminar]Maximilian Kasy (University of Oxford), April 14: The Means of Prediction - How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)
by Disslbacher, Franziska 10 Apr '26

10 Apr '26

Dear colleagues, We hereby invite you to join our next Economics of Inequality Research Seminar<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/ineq-research-seminar> at WU Vienna. Maximilian Kasy<https://maxkasy.github.io/home/> (University of Oxford) will present the book The Means of Prediction - How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits). Date and Time: Tuesday, April 14; 4.30 p.m. Location: WU Vienna, LC Clubroom<https://campus.wu.ac.at/?q=LC.2.400>. About the book: An eye-opening examination of how power—not technology—will define life with AI. AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, job interviews, and wars. The ubiquity of AI is so great that it might produce public resignation—a sense that the technology is our shared fate. As economist Maximilian Kasy shows in The Means of Prediction, artificial intelligence, far from being an unstoppable force, is irrevocably shaped by human decisions—choices made to date by the ownership class that steers its development and deployment. Kasy shows that the technology of AI is ultimately not that complex. It is insidious, however, in its capacity to steer results to its owners’ wants and ends. Kasy clearly and accessibly explains the fundamental principles on which AI works, and, in doing so, reveals that the real conflict isn’t between humans and machines, but between those who control the machines and the rest of us. The Means of Prediction offers a powerful vision of the future of AI: a future not shaped by technology, but by the technology’s owners. Amid a deluge of debates about technical details, new possibilities, and social problems, Kasy cuts to the core issue: Who controls AI’s objectives, and how is this control maintained? The answer lies in what he calls “the means of prediction,” or the essential resources required for building AI systems: data, computing power, expertise, and energy. As Kasy shows, in a world already defined by inequality, one of humanity’s most consequential technologies has been and will be steered by those already in power. Against those stakes, Kasy offers an elegant framework both for understanding AI’s capabilities and for designing its public control. He makes a compelling case for democratic control over AI objectives as the answer to mounting concerns about AI’s risks and harms. The Means of Prediction is a revelation, both an expert undressing of a technology that has masqueraded as more complicated and a compelling call for public oversight of this transformative technology. Please register your participation here<https://www.wu.ac.at/en/ineq/outreach/events/book-presentation-the-means-of…>. Best regards, Franziska Disslbacher ---- Franziska Disslbacher, PhD Assistant Professor Institute for Spatial & Social-Ecological Transformations & Research Institute Economics of Inequality WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria LSE International Inequalities Institute – Research Fellow | Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality CUNY | SOEP / DIW – Associated Researcher World Inequality Lab PSE– Research Fellow +43 1 313 36 6669 franziska.disslbacher(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:franziska.disslbacher@wu.ac.at> franziskadisslbacher.com<http://franziskadisslbacher.com>

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Attac sucht Referent*in für Wirtschaftspolitik | Karenzvertretung für 13 Monate
by Mario T. Taschwer 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

Liebe Liste, Attac sucht eine Person mit wirtschaftspolitischer Expertise (bevorzugt Ökonom*in) zu Themen wie Finanzmärkten, Steuern, Budgetpolitik, KI. Vom 1. September 2026 bis 30. September 2027 sucht Attac eine Stelle für 23 Wochenstunden als Karenzvertretung. Nähere Infos hier: https://www.attac.at/aktiv-werden/aktuelle-stellenausschreibung Beste Grüße Mag. Mario Taschwer

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Invitation | OeNB Freitagsseminar with Thomas Schwab
by Zoerner, Thomas 09 Apr '26

09 Apr '26

[https://s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/liip.cache.io-prod-oenb.invitario.com…] OeNB Freitagsseminar with Thomas Schwab Heating Up Inequality? Socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion Hello, We have the pleasure of inviting you to the OeNB Freitagsseminar with Thomas Schwab, Bertelsmann Stiftung, which the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) will host on 17 April 2026. Title “Heating Up Inequality? Socio-spatial impacts of ETS2 on European housing and cohesion” Abstract ETS2 will introduce uniform EU-wide carbon pricing for heating, affecting about half of all households across the Union. Using a synthetic EU population of 188 million households, this study shows that most can absorb the additional costs, but a significant minority faces high burdens - especially in Eastern and Southern Europe. ETS2 revenues can cushion these impacts but are insufficient to fund large-scale heating system replacements. Targeted support and complementary investment policies are essential for a fair and effective transition. Date Friday, 17 April 2026 | Start: 11:00 AM | End: 12:30 PM Venue The event is planned both, online via Webex and onsite at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna, Veranstaltungssaal, ground floor. Conference language English Join us by registering by 15 April 2026, at the latest. registration <https://www.oenb-events.at/en/oenb-freitagsseminar-with-thomas-schwab/regis…> We look forward to having you join us at the OeNB Freitagsseminar with Thomas Schwab. Yours sincerely, OeNB Event Management Data Protection<https://www.oenb-events.at/en/oenb-freitagsseminar-with-thomas-schwab/priva…> Diese E-Mail kann vertrauliche Informationen enthalten und irrtümlich an Sie gelangt sein. In diesem Fall informieren Sie bitte sofort die Absenderin bzw. den Absender und vernichten Sie diese E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail oder von Teilen dieser Mail sind nicht gestattet. Informationen gemäß DSGVO zur Verarbeitung personenbezogener Daten durch die OeNB finden Sie unter www.oenb.at/datenschutz<https://www.oenb.at/datenschutz>.

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Stellenausschreibung: Universitätsassistent:in / Umweltökonomie
by Steininger, Karl (karl.steininger＠uni-graz.at) 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, anbei übermitteln wir Ihnen die Stellenausschreibung für einen/eine Universitätsassistent/in (ohne Doktorat) im Bereich Umweltökonomie - mit Ziel Dissertation - am Wegener Center für Klima und Globalen Wandel der Universität Graz und sind dankbar, wenn Sie diese in Ihrem fachlichen Umfeld bekannt und insbesondere geeignete Bewerberinnen darauf aufmerksam machen können. Nähere Informationen zudem auch: https://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/7ae6775b-1586-6197-28d4-69c4eb84846f Mit bestem Dank und freundlichen Grüßen Karl Steininger -- | Karl W. Steininger | Professor of Climate Economics and Sustainable Transition | Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Austria | Brandhofgasse 5, A-8010 Graz, Austria | & Department of Economics, University of Graz, Austria | phone: +43-316-380-8441 (secr. -8470) | email: karl.steininger(a)uni-graz.at<mailto:karl.steininger@uni-graz.at> | web: homepage.uni-graz.at/karl.Steininger/<http://homepage.uni-graz.at/karl.steininger/> | www.wegcenter.at<http://www.wegcenter.at>

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Online Talks: Tunisia’s Migration Discourse & (In)formal Social Assistance (9 & 16 April 2026)
by Franziska Klauser 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

Dear all, We’d like to share details of the next two DEMIG Talks taking place in April. We are pleased to welcome Riadh Ben Khalifa and Michael Collyer as our upcoming speakers. ──────────────────────────────────────── 1) Anti-Sub-Saharan Migrant Discourse in Tunisia: Between European Influences and Local Dynamics of Politicization and Racialization Thu, 9 April 2026 | 14:00–15:00 CET | online Speaker: Riadh Ben Khalifa, University of Tunis, Associate Professor of Contemporary History and Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences Why has anti–sub-Saharan migrant discourse intensified in Tunisia since 2023, and how do European narratives and domestic dynamics interact? This talk examines the growing politicization and racialization of sub‑Saharan migration. It highlights how Tunisia’s position within the EU’s political, economic, and intellectual sphere shapes a security-driven framing—especially via bilateral cooperation that reinforces the criminalization of irregular migration. At the same time, identity tensions and transnational xenophobic narratives cultivate a sense of “invasion,” feeding conspiracy theories and legitimizing administrative rigidity and racialized attitudes. Yet European influence alone does not explain the rise in hostility: domestic factors such as economic crisis, the absence of a coherent migration policy, the spatial concentration of sub‑Saharan communities, everyday racism, and populist rhetoric also decisively shape public discourse. Zoom (direct link): https://donau-uni.zoom.us/j/66123374819?pwd=2kwamTgXjaxgGiyvXOwNImr9oatCzz.1 ──────────────────────────────────────── 2) Support beyond the State: (In)formal Social Assistance and Displacement Thu, 16 April 2026 | 13:00–14:00 CET | hybrid Speaker: Michael Collyer, University of Sussex, Professor of Geography and Head of the Department of Geography Social assistance research often treats the state as the main provider of direct support, since it is—in theory—the only actor with the capacity and legitimacy to reach an entire population. In practice, however, state institutions are often sources of insecurity and largely absent as welfare actors beyond limited subsidies, a situation that is particularly severe for displaced people (refugees and IDPs alike). While specialist international agencies sometimes provide targeted support—often via government channels—this assistance is rarely regular or predictable and is frequently insufficient in situations of long-term displacement. The talk therefore examines other sources of support, often referred to as “informal” or “vernacular” social assistance. It draws on research with refugees and IDPs in DRC, Lebanon, and Pakistan, combining two projects and using large-scale surveys supplemented by interviews and Q method. The findings show that displaced people strategise around a wide range of sources of social assistance—an enduring reality with important implications for state engagement in displacement crises. Format (hybrid): on site at the University for Continuing Education Krems (Room W 1.06) and online via Zoom: https://donau-uni.zoom.us/j/68125956091?pwd=JJ8Cl4fVce7RAIuCzVO6bBcFu7W9zP.1 We look forward to welcoming you to one—or both—sessions. With best regards, Franziska Klauser Public Relations University for Continuing Education Krems | Department for Migration and Globalisation Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30, 3500 Krems T: +43 2732 893-5574 W: www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig<http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/mig>

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Praktikum bei der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde
by Schindler, Nora 08 Apr '26

08 Apr '26

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, bei der Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde (BWB) gibt es für Studierende der Volkswirtschaftslehre grundsätzlich die Möglichkeit ein Praktikum zu absolvieren (Verfügbarkeit/Anzahl der Plätze nach budgetären Möglichkeiten). Ein Verwaltungspraktikum in der BWB bietet Einblicke in die Anwendung industrieökonomischer Konzepte und richtet sich besonders an Studierende, die Interesse an datengetriebenen Wettbewerbsanalysen und der theoretischen Industrieökonomie haben. Die Eckdaten zu einem Verwaltungspraktikum im Bund können unter folgendem Link abgerufen werden: https://www.jobboerse.gv.at/einstieg-perspektiven/einstieg/verwaltungsprakt… Interessensbekundungen (inkl. Angabe der zeitlichen Verfügbarkeit) und Ihren Lebenslauf können Sie sehr gerne an wettbewerb(a)bwb.gv.at<mailto:wettbewerb@bwb.gv.at> senden. Lehrende ersuchen wir in den Lehrveranstaltungen auf die Möglichkeit eines Verwaltungspraktikums in der BWB hinzuweisen. Vielen Dank. Beste Grüße Nora Schindler [cid:image001.jpg@01DCC750.849D3A80] Dr. Nora Schindler Fachkoordinatorin für ökonomische Fallanalyse | Fallabteilung B Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde T: +43 1 245 08 - 815 322 Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna, Austria nora.schindler(a)bwb.gv.at<mailto:nora.schindler@bwb.gv.at> www.bwb.gv.at<https://www.bwb.gv.at/> Folgen Sie uns auf Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/81563747/admin/>

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Stellenausschreibung Senior Lecturer / FH-Professor*in Gesundheitsmanagement
by Manfred Pferzinger 07 Apr '26

07 Apr '26

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, anbei sende ich Ihnen eine Stellenausschreibung des IMC Krems. Aktuell suchen wir eine/einen "Senior Lecturer / FH-Professor*in Gesundheitsmanagement". Mit der Bitte um Weiterleitung ans Netzwerk. Kollegiale Grüße, Manfred Pferzinger Prof.(FH) Mag.(FH) Dr. Manfred Pferzinger Institutsleitung Gesundheitsmanagement, Studiengangsleitung Management von Gesundheitsunternehmen Head of Institute Health Management, Programme Director Management of Health Institutions IMC Research Portal: Manfred Pferzinger - IMC Krems<https://research.imc.ac.at/de/persons/manfred-pferzinger> IMC Krems University of Applied Sciences Piaristengasse 1 . 3500 Krems . Austria . Europe Office . Campus Krems . Wing G . Room G.2.17 +43 2732 802 705 manfred.pferzinger(a)imc.ac.at<mailto:manfred.pferzinger@imc.ac.at> www.imc.ac.at<http://www.imc.ac.at/>

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Doktoratstelle Game Theory Uni Graz - Christoph Kuzmics
by Kuzmics, Christoph (christoph.kuzmics＠uni-graz.at) 07 Apr '26

07 Apr '26

Mit bitte um Ankündigung: An der Uni Graz ist eine Doktoratsstelle im Bereich Game Theory bei Christoph Kuzmics ausgeschrieben: https://jobs.uni-graz.at/en/jobs/5831125f-5902-b282-5ac2-69a1b40c76fa Beste Grüße, Christoph Kuzmics https://sites.google.com/view/christoph-kuzmics Professor of Microeconomics School of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences and Complexity of Life (COLIBRI) University of Graz blog: https://gametheory.life/

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Stellenausschreibung: Assistant Professor (postdoc), non-tenure track (all genders welcome)
by Schlögelhofer, Anabell 02 Apr '26

02 Apr '26

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, anbei übermitteln wir Ihnen die Stellenausschreibung für einen/eine Assistant Professor (postdoc), non-tenure track (all genders welcome) am Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Analytics und Operations Research - Mikroökonomik und Spieltheorie der Universität Klagenfurt und bitten Sie, diese in Ihrem fachlichen Umfeld bekannt und insbesondere geeignete Bewerberinnen darauf aufmerksam zu machen. Mit bestem Dank im Voraus und freundlichen Grüßen Anabell Schlögelhofer ____________________________________ [UNI_LOGO_positiv] Anabell Schlögelhofer Inst. für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Analytics und Operations Research / Mikroökonomik und Spieltheorie Dept. of Economics, Analytics and Operations Research / Microeconomics and Game Theory (Prof. Paul Schweinzer) Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt Universitätsstraße 65-67 9020 Klagenfurt Tel: +43 463 2700 4104 Mail: vwl1(a)aau.at<mailto:vwl1@aau.at> / anabell.schloegelhofer(a)aau.at<mailto:anabell.schloegelhofer@aau.at>

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