Anna Burton, PhD

Anna Burton is economist and has been working in the Research Group "Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis" at WIFO since 2020. Her research focuses on issues related to tourism and leisure economics, in particular the analysis of economic policy measures in a regional context and regional development, as well as national and international impact analyses. Anna Burton also teaches subjects in macroeconomics at the University of Vienna and the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. She completed her master's degree at Columbia University in New York and conducted research on sustainable innovation and regional resilience in tourism as part of her PhD studies at Modul University Vienna. In 2025, her dissertation was awarded the Research Prize by the German Society for Tourism Studies (DGT). She has been a member of the board of the Tourism Employees' Fund since January 2026.