The FIW Research Centre Internatioanl Economics, is offering a grant for outstanding young female researchers in the field of international economics.
The “FIW award” is aimed at qualified female researchers up to the age of 35 who have completed a doctoral thesis in the field of international economics at an Austrian university, or at Austrian citizens who have completed their doctoral thesis at a university abroad. The FIW Award aims to highlight and reward outstanding research by women.
The aim of the FIW Award is to highlight and reward outstanding research by women with the intention to encourage women to pursue a scientific career.
The total amount of the award is € 3,000 and can be divided among several young researchers. The actual distribution of the prize money will depend on the quality and number of submissions.
Theoretical, empirical and economic policy theses on the following topics are eligible for funding:
Foreign trade, direct investment, development economics, European integration, geoeconomics, globalisation, international financial markets, international trade and financial institutions, international macroeconomics, international economic development, international trade, international competition, multinational companies, environmental impact of international economic activities, economic effects of migration, exchange rate regimes, and similar topics.
The following criteria are decisive for the evaluation of submissions:
Please send submissions to: FIW Project Office fiw-pb@fiw.at
Submission deadline: 19 December 2025
18th FIW-Research Conference International Economics
Vienna, 19th-20th February 2026
Keynote Lecture: Lionel Fontagné (University Paris 1, PSE)
Extended Deadline: 16th November 2025
OUTLINE
The Research Centre International Economics – FIW announces its 18th Research Conference ‘International Economics’ and invites the submission of (full) working papers to be presented at the conference.
The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for economists working in the field of ‘International Economics’ to present recent research.
Papers from Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions are particularly welcome as the conference aims to support and encourage young economists by providing an opportunity to present their work to fellow junior economists as well as experienced senior researchers.
The conference also aims at bringing together researchers and policymakers to provide a forum for discussion on how empirical evidence can more effectively inform actual economic policymaking.
TIME & LOCATION
The 18th FIW Research Conference on ‘International Economics’ will take place on Thursday, 19th February 2026 andFriday, 20th February 2026 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
PAPER SUBMISSION
We invite the submission of (full) working papers on all topics in the field of International Economics.
Please submit your working papers via https://conference2026.fiw.ac.at
until 16th November 2025.
Selection decisions will be communicated between December 2025 and 15th January 2026.
AWARDS
Two prizes for the best contributions to the Research Conference will be awarded:
the ‘Best Conference Paper Award 2026’ and the ‘Young Economist Award 2026’.
Each award is worth € 1000.
The ‘Young Economist Award 2026’ is intended for Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions. To be considered for this award all authors of the paper have to be 34 or younger at the time of submission.
TOPICS COVERED
The broad topic of the conference is ‘International Economics’. This includes, inter alia, International Trade, International Factor Movements, Economic Integration, Effects of international economic activities on climate change, Trade Policy, International Trade Organizations, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Multinational Firms, Global Value Chains, International Macroeconomics and other related fields.
The 18th FIW-Research Conference ‘International Economics’ is organized by FIW with support from the Program Committee and the Austrian Federal Ministries for Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET).
The FIW – Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University of Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, the University of Innsbruck, IHS, WIFO and wiiw.
FIW is grateful for financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministries for Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and Economy, Energy and Tourism (BMWET).
Program Committee
Questions may be addressed to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at or alexander.hudetz@wifo.ac.at.
The conference programme will be published on https://www.fiw.ac.at and https://conference2026.fiw.ac.at
Attendance at the FIW Research Conference is free of charge. Please note that travel expenses will not be reimbursed. The official language of the conference is English.
The Department II/7 “Trade and Competition Policy Analysis and Strategies” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, and Tourism invites proposals for a study on the topic:
Subject: “Trade agreements and export performance of Austrian companies” Deadline for submissions: September 23, 2025
Deadline: 23. September 2025
Project objective While macroeconomic studies consistently demonstrate the positive welfare effects of trade agreements, there is limited understanding of the extent to which different companies benefit and the specific forms these benefits take—particularly concerning industry sectors and company size. In light of recent developments, this project will also examine the impact of trade agreements on industrial policy objectives, supply chain security, and the reliability of supply chains.
Attachement:Terms of Reference
procurement process: The contract will be awarded through a direct procurement process in accordance with § 46 of the Federal Procurement Act 2018.
Submission: The complete proposal should be sent to POST.II7-25@bmwet.gv.at. The proposal, potentially adapted, will become part of the service contract upon conclusion.
Contact: For any questions, please contact POST.II7-25@bmwet.gv.at.
The Department II/7 “Trade and Competition Policy Analysis and Strategies” of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, and Tourism invites proposals for a study on the topic:
Topic: „The Impact of the Global Increase in Defense Spending on Austrian Foreign Trade“
Project objective: The new strategic orientation of NATO in defense policy is resulting in, first, a significant increase in government defense spending. Second, overall public expenditures are rising, as the heightened demand for armaments in almost all countries is planned to be financed almost entirely through additional public debt. Third, this will lead to a substantial shift in macroeconomic demand, which is expected to have a noticeable impact on foreign trade in goods. This study aims to quantify the effects of these trends on Austrian foreign trade and to develop economic policy recommendations.
Attachement: Terms of Reference
Deadline für Submissions: September 23, 2025
procurement process: The contract will be awarded through a direct procurement process in accordance with § 46 of the Federal Procurement Act 2018.
Submission: The complete proposal should be sent to POST.II7-25@bmwet.gv.at. The proposal, if adapted, will become part of the service contract upon conclusion.
Contact: If you have any questions, please contact POST.II7-25@bmwet.gv.at
FIW is proud to part of a new seminar series in Vienna. The VIES seminar is dedicated to frontier research in international economics and features presentations by renowned international scholars.
The VIES is a joint initiative of CEU, FIW, Universität Wien, WIFO, wiiw and WU.
Organizers: Gábor Békés (CEU), Alejandro Cuñat (Vienna U), Harald Fadinger (Vienna U), Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO, WU), Miklós Koren (CEU), Harald Oberhofer (WIFO, WU), Robert Stehrer (WIIW).
The seminar is currently coordinated by Harald Fadinger.
Schedule and Location:
The seminar is held on Tuesdays from 17:45 to 19:15 at irregular intervals, alternating each semester between participating institutions.
From October 2025 to January 2026, it will be hosted by the University of Vienna at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090 Vienna, 3rd floor, VGSE Seminar Room.
Registration:
Participants are requested to register in advance with Julia Hnidek (julia.hnidek@univie.ac.at).
All details and the current schedule are available at https://sites.google.com/view/viennainternationaleconomicsse/
We are looking forward to meeting you at the Vienna Internatioanl Economics Seminar.
Venue: University of Vienna
Date: June 26-27, 2025
Organizers: Pol Antràs (Harvard), Alejandro Cuñat (University of Vienna), Harald Fadinger (University of Vienna), and Kalina Manova (UCL)
Keynote Speakers: Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale) and Isabelle Mejean (Sciences Po)
Following upon the first seven editions of WIEN, the University of Vienna will again host a two-day meeting that will draw together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains and economic geography.
The workshop will take place in the University of Vienna’s beautiful historical main building.
To be considered for inclusion on the programme, papers must be submitted in PDF format to Mrs. Jelena Milosevic (milosevic@wiiw.ac.at) by Saturday, March 1st, 2025. Authors chosen to present papers at the conference will be notified in March.
The organisers are particularly keen on receiving submissions from young scholars, including Ph.D. students and researchers who have just completed their Ph.Ds. With that in mind, we would appreciate it if you could circulate this Call for Papers among your junior colleagues, former students and current Ph.D. students. As in past editions, we will actively seek diversity in the set of selected speakers.
Participants will be provided with accommodation in central Vienna, and airfares for speakers will also be reimbursed subject to certain budget guidelines. The conference is generously supported by the Heinrich Graph Hardegg’sche Stiftung, FIW [1], University of Vienna, wiiw, and the ERC/UKRI under Horizon Europe Guarantee.
Vienna, 20th-21st February 2025
Keynote Lecture: Meredith Crowley (U. Cambridge)
Deadline: 15th November 2024
OUTLINE
The Research Centre International Economics – FIW announces its 17th Research Conference ‘International Economics’ and invites the submission of (full) working papers to be presented at the conference.
The main objective of the conference is to provide a platform for economists working in the field of ‘International Economics’ to present recent research.
Papers from Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions are particularly welcome as the conference aims to support and encourage young economists by providing an opportunity to present their work to fellow junior economists as well as experienced senior researchers.
The conference also aims at bringing together researchers and policy makers to provide a forum for discussion on how empirical evidence can more effectively inform actual economic policy making.
TIME & LOCATION
The 17th FIW Research Conference on ‘International Economics’ will take place on Thursday, 20th February 2025 andFriday, 21st February 2025 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Austria.
PAPER SUBMISSION
We invite the submission of (full) working papers on all topics in the field of International Economics.
Please submit your working papers via https://conference2025.fiw.ac.at
until 15th November 2024.
Selection decisions will be communicated between December 2024 and beginning of January 2025.
AWARDS
Two prizes for the best contributions to the Research Conference will be awarded – the ‘Best Conference Paper Award 25’ and the ‘Young Economist Award 25’. Each award is worth € 1000.
The ‘Young Economist Award 25’ is intended for Ph.D. students, young faculty members and young researchers in similar positions. To be considered for this award all authors of the paper have to be 34 or younger at the time of submission.
TOPICS COVERED
The broad topic of the conference is ‘International Economics’. This includes, inter alia, International Trade, International Factor Movements, Economic Integration, Effects of international economic activities on Climate Change, Trade Policy, International Trade Organizations, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Multinational Firms, Global Value Chains, International Macroeconomics and other related fields.
ORGANISATION
The 17th FIW-Research Conference ‘International Economics is organized by FIW with support from the Program Committee and the Austrian Federal Ministries for Education Science and Research (BMBFW) and Labour and Economy (BMAW).
ABOUT FIW
The FIW – Research Centre International Economics (https://www.fiw.ac.at) is a cooperation between the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), the University Vienna, the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Innsbruck, WIFO and wiiw. FIW is grateful for financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministries for Education, Research and Science (BMBFW) and Labour and Economy (BMAW).
Program Committee
Harald Oberhofer (FIW, WU Vienna, WIFO)
Julia Bachtrögler-Unger (WIFO)
Marta Bisztray (KTRK, Budapest)
Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma (WU Vienna)
Alejandro Cunat (University of Vienna)
Peter Egger (ETH Zürich)
Katharina Erhardt (HHU Düsseldorf, DICE)
Harald Fadinger (University of Vienna)
Gabriel Felbermayr (WIFO, WU Vienna)
Lisandra Flach (LMU Munich)
Jochen Güntner (JKU Linz)
Michael Irlacher (JKU Linz)
Inga Heiland (University of Oslo)
Brigitte Hochmuth (University of Vienna)
Mario Holzner (wiiw)
Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth)
Dalia Marin (TU Munich)
Karin Mayr-Dorn (JKU Linz)
Birgit Meyer (WIFO)
Katrin Rabitsch (WU Vienna)
Michael Pfaffermayr (University of Innsbruck)
Robert Stehrer (wiiw)
Julia Spornberger (University of Hohenheim)
Roman Stöllinger (TU Delft)
Gabriele Tondl (WU Vienna)
Joschka Wanner (University of Würzburg)
Yvonne Wolfmayr (WIFO)
Questions may be addressed to fiw-pb@fiw.ac.at or alexander.hudetz@wifo.ac.at.
The conference programme will be published on https://www.fiw.ac.at and https://conference2025.fiw.ac.at
Attendance of the FIW Research Conference is free of charge.
The conference language is English. Travel expenses will not be refunded.
From April 2024, the BMAW will publish up-to-date, high-quality estimates for nominal, real and seasonally adjusted foreign trade in goods data on the FIW website on a monthly basis using an econometric model developed by the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). This means that current forecasts (so-called nowcasts) of Austria’s monthly foreign trade are available – with a lead of more than two months compared to the publications of Statistics Austria. In addition to the nominal values, the FIW Trade Indicator also shows price-adjusted real values. This real foreign trade data gives an exact impression of the actual increase in Austria’s welfare due to foreign trade and is also seasonally and working day adjusted. As a result, the nowcasts differ from the unadjusted, nominal values published by Statistics Austria. For example, unlike last year, the Easter holidays fell in March this year. In the official unadjusted time series, this results in an apparent decline in the growth rates of foreign trade in goods in March and an apparent increase in April. This distortion is avoided in the FIW Trade Indicator.
The FIW Trade Indicator is available at https://www.fiw.ac.at/fiw-trade-indicator/
Venue: University of Vienna
Date: July 5-6, 2024
Organisers: Pol Antràs (Harvard), Alejandro Cuñat (University of Vienna), and Kalina Manova (UCL)
Keynote Speakers: Lorenzo Caliendo (Yale) and Paola Conconi (Oxford)
Following upon the first six editions of WIEN, the University of Vienna will again host a two-day meeting that will
draw together researchers interested in international economics, global value chains and economic geography.
The workshop will take place in the beautiful Sky-lounge of the University of Vienna’s Faculty of Business,
Economics and Statistics, overlooking the city centre.
To be considered for inclusion on the programme, papers must be submitted in PDF format to Mrs. Birgit
Buschbom (buschbom@wiiw.ac.at) by Tuesday, April 2nd 2024. Authors chosen to present papers at the
conference will be notified in early April.
The organisers are particularly keen on receiving submissions from young scholars, including Ph.D. students and
researchers who have just completed their Ph.Ds. With that in mind, we would appreciate it if you could circulate
this Call for Papers among your junior colleagues, former students and current Ph.D. students. As in past editions,
we will actively seek diversity in the set of selected speakers.
Participants will be provided with accommodation in central Vienna, and airfares for speakers will also be
reimbursed subject to certain budget guidelines.
The conference is generously supported by the Heinrich Graf Hardegg’sche Stiftung, FIW, University of Vienna, wiiw, and the UKRI’s Economic and Social Research Council.