Markus Kiesenhofer Takes Over Public Relations at WIFO

VÖZ spokesperson moves to Austrian Institute for Economic Research on 1 March 2019.

Markus Kiesenhofer, BA, MA, will take over public relations at the Austrian Institute for Economic Research on 1 March 2019. He succeeds Christoph Schwarz, who has held this position since 2016. Most recently, Kiesenhofer was head of press and public relations at VÖZ All Media Service GmbH.

In his last position as Head of Press and Public Relations at VÖZ All Media Service GmbH, Kiesenhofer represented the Association of Austrian Newspapers (VÖZ), the Austrian Association of Magazines and Specialist Media (ÖZV) and the Association of Newspapers in Schools (ZiS) since 2016. Previously, he acted as press spokesman within the Kultur.Region.Niederösterreich, among other things as communication interface to the Lower Austrian provincial government. In 2017 and 2018, he also proved his expertise in the Austrian media landscape as co-author of the standard reference "Medienhandbuch Österreich" (Media Handbook Austria), which is published annually by Czernin Verlag. Kiesenhofer studied journalism and media management at the FH Vienna as well as political science at the University of Vienna and the Charles University in Prague.

Please contact

Dr. Margit Schratzenstaller-Altzinger, MA

Macroeconomics and Public Finance

+43 1 798 26 01 - 204 margit.schratzenstaller-altzinger@wifo.ac.at