Two WIFO Economists Among the "World's Top 2% Scientists"

Stanford's Top 2 percent Scientists is an esteemed ranking that identifies the most cited scholars in their fields. This ranking, derived from Scopus database data, highlights researchers whose work has had a significant impact across various scientific disciplines.

Michael Peneder has been working in the Research Group "Industrial, Innovation and International Economics" since July 1992. He is Deputy Director of WIFO since October 2022 (as he was from 2010 to 2013) responsible for scientific coordination. Important international projects under his leadership include the coordination of the EUKLEMS productivity calculation for Austria (2003-2007), the EU Commission's annual reports on European competitiveness (2006-2014) or productivity analyses at company level in cooperation with the OECD (since 2020). He studied economics at the University of Vienna and at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (habilitation 2017). In addition to his teaching activities in Vienna, he was a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto (2004, 2008, 2015) and a visiting researcher at the Universities of Harvard (2009, 2018) and Stanford (2003, 2015). His research on competitiveness, productivity, innovation and entrepreneurial finance has been published in numerous international journals. His book "Schumpeter's Venture Money" (co-authored with Andreas Resch) was awarded the International Schumpeter Society (ISS) Prize in 2022.

Professor Gabriel Felbermayr, PhD, has been Director of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) in Vienna and university professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) since 1 October 2021. After studying Economics and Trade at the University of Linz, he went to Florence, Italy, to pursue his doctoral studies. From 2004 to 2005, he was an Associate Consultant with McKinsey & Co. in Vienna. From 2005 to 2008, he was Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen. From 2009 to 2010, he held a chair in International Economics at the University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart). From 2010 to 2019, he led the ifo Center for International Economics at the University of Munich, where he also served as a full professor in International Economics. From 2019 till September 2021 he was President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and held a chair in Economics and Economic Policy at Kiel University (CAU). Gabriel Felbermayr holds various roles and positions. The most important are Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Chairman of the Statistics Council of the Statistics Austria Federal Institute, Founding President of the "Austria Supply Chain Intelligence Institute" (ASCII). His research and consulting work focuses on issues of international trade theory and policy, labour market research, European economic integration, and current economic policy issues. He has published a large number of articles in international academic journals, policy briefs, and newspapers. His research has been recognised with several awards.