Prof. Dr. Christian Hederer, LL.M.

Professor of Economics and International Economic Policy at TUAS Wildau since September 2017. 12 years of professional experience as economist and legal analyst in the Austrian public administration, including positions as advisor for international investment treaties, counsellor for energy, trade and industry at the Austrian Permanent Representation to the OECD, country expert at the OECD, and economic policy expert at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Academic background in both economics (Doctor, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany; M.A. equivalent, University of Vienna) and law (LL.M., University of Ottawa; J.D. equivalent, University of Vienna). Teaching and research assistant at the Chair for Institutional and Evolutionary Economics (Prof. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath) at Witten/Herdecke University for 3 years. Course and research scholarships at the University of California at Berkeley, London School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna, and the University of Göttingen.

Research:

• International trade and investment
• International political economy
• Evolutionary and institutional economics, with a focus on evolutionary political economy
• Economic education

Teaching:

• Economics and economic policy
• Economics and politics of the European Union

Academic administration:

• Since March 2020 Director of Studies for M.A. programme European Management

In my teaching, I try to combine an applied and hands-on approach with establishing solid theoretical foundations. I rely heavily on case studies, often based on cutting-edge online material. Interdisciplinary thinking is encouraged and practised, including collaborative projects with other courses.

Current courses (M = Master, B = Bachelor):

• European Economic Policy (M)
• European Public Policy (M)
• International Trade and Investment (M)
• Introduction to Economics (B)
• European Politics and Policy (B)
• Social systems in Europe (B; in German)
• Introduction to Economic Policy (B; in German)
• European Management Case Studies (B; with Prof. Sandra Haas, Prof. Rainer Stollhoff, Martin Bradbeer)
• Civil Aviation Management Case Studies (M; with Prof. Bertil Haack; Wildau Institute of Technology)

Development of new teaching material and a textbook of economics (with Prof. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Max-Weber-Kolleg for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, Erfurt, Germany)

• Interdisciplinary orientation, including current results and developments in neighboring disciplines such as economic psychology, economic sociology, and evolutionary theory
• Global and applied focus with a vast range of case studies; systematic integration of online material and teaching methods

Development of an interdisciplinary teaching package on international trade and investment (with Prof. Dietmar Baetge, TUAS Wildau

• Integration of economic, legal and political aspects
• Combination of theoretical and applied elements

• Implementation of 21st Century Trade Agreements in Canada: CETA and Intergovernmental Cooperation, with Patrick Leblond, in: Broschek, Jörg / Goff, Patricia (eds.): Multilevel Trade Politics: Configurations, Dynamics, Mechanisms, Toronto University Press (im Erscheinen).
• Grunderwerbsteuer - Überblick über die finanzstatistische Entwicklung seit 2016 und finanzwissenschaftliche Einordnung, with Ronny Freier, Johannes Geyer und Moritz Schubert, in: Junkernheinrich, Martin et al. (eds.): Jahrbuch für Öffentliche Finanzen 2019, Berlin, 479-498.
• Richterwahl und Richteramt in einem künftigen Multilateralen Investitionsgericht: zentrale Regelungsfragen, in: Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der TH Wildau (2019), 71-78.
• Political Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change – an Evolutionary Perspective, in: International Journal of Public Policy 6/1 (2010), 87-103.
• Fiskalischer Föderalismus in der rußländischen Föderation: Eine politisch-ökonomische Analyse der Transformation des rußländischen Staates, with Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, in: Brunner, Georg (Hg.): Der Rußländische Föderalismus – Bilanz eines Jahrzehnts, Münster et al. 2004.
• Macht und soziale Mobilität in der „Wissensgesellschaft“: Elemente einer evolutorischen Theorie sozialer Stratifikation,  in: Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, Marco / Ebner, Alexander / Fornahl, Dirk (eds.): Institutioneller Wandel, Marktprozesse und dynamische Wirtschaftspolitik – Perspektiven der Evolutorischen Ökonomik, Marburg 2004.
• Wirtschaftspolitik als ökonomisches Stilphänomen: ein evolutorischer Ansatz, with Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, in: Höhmann, Hans-Hermann / Pleines, Heiko (Hg.): Wirtschaftspolitik in Osteuropa zwischen ökonomischer Kultur, Institutionenbildung und Akteursverhalten. Russland, Polen und Tschechische Republik im Vergleich, Bremen 2003.

Working papers:

• Regulatory Options for the Selection and Appointment of Judges for a Future Multilateral Investment Court. Working Paper, University of Ottawa, 2017.
• Third-Party Funding in International Investment Arbitration – Economic Analysis and Regulatory Options. Working Paper, University of Ottawa, 2017.
• Should Investors Have the Right to Raise Claims in International Investment Disputes? – A Critical Assessment and Possible Ways Forward. Working Paper, University of Ottawa, 2017.
• The Elusive Quest For Reducing Complexity – Causation in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards.Working Paper, University of Ottawa, 2017.
• Political Competition and the Emergence of Political Parties - an Evolutionary Perspective. Dissertation, Universität Witten/Herdecke, 2015.
• Political Parties, Political Competition, and the Internet: an Evolutionary Perspective, Working Paper for EAEPE Annual Conference in Paris, 2013.
• The Political Economy of Sovereign Wealth Funds – an Evolutionary Perspective, Working Paper for EAEPE Annual Conference in Rome, 2008.
• Elites and Agency in Institutional Change: The Case of Health Care Reform. Working Paper Series of the International Society for Research in Health and Innovation Systems (ISRICH), No.3, 2008.
• Elites in the Information Society: An Evolutionary Approach. Working Paper for EAEPE Annual Conference in Maastricht, 2003.
• Soziale Ungleichheit, egalitäre Präferenzen und Verteilungskonflikt im Rußland der 1990er Jahre,in: Krisen und Konflikte im Osten Europas. Beiträge für die 11. Tagung junger Osteuropa-Experten, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa Bremen, Arbeitspapiere und Materialien Nr. 45, April 2003.

Other publications:

• OECD Economic Surveys: Austria, with Rauf Gönenc, Lukasz Rawdanowicz and Vincent Koen (Supervision), Paris, 2009.
• Bühne der Flachheiten: Warum die Diskussion um das Regietheater nicht beendet werden darf. Wiener Zeitung, Extra, 28.6.2008.
• Introducing Günter Wagner: Evolution as a Creative Intellectual Endeavour. ”Bridges” (online-publication of Office of Science and Technology Austria), Vol. 11, Sept. 2006.
• Helga Kromp-Kolb: When Science Goes Public. ”Bridges”, Vol. 11, Sept. 2006.