Deirdre McCloskey teaches economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A well-known economist and historian and rhetorician, she has written sixteen books and around 400 scholarly pieces on topics ranging from technical economics and statistics to transgender advocacy and the ethics of the bourgeois virtues. Her latest book, [...]
Christoph Matznetter born on 8 June 1959 in Vienna, is member of the Austrian Parliament. Since 2000 Dr. Matznetter is Party Cashier and board member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ). Furthermore, he is chartered accountant and director of Merkur-Treuhand Wirtschaftstreuhand- und Steuerberatungsges.m.b.H since 1985. From November 2002 to January 2007 [...]
Adam Martin Dr. Adam Martin is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University. Prior to joining Texas Tech University, he was a Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. Adam has also served as a post-doctoral [...]
Ron Manners Ron Manners is the Managing Director of the Mannwest Group. He is also Emeritus Chairman of the Australian Mining Hall of Fame Ltd. He is a Fellow of both the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and his contributions to industry and Australia have [...]
Amichai Magen Is a Senior Fellow at the KPF. He received his Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) from Stanford Law School in July 2008, and is currently Assistant Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy and Head of Political Development at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT), [...]
Isabella Mader Isabella Mader is Director of the Excellence Institute and university lecturer at several universities mainly in the fields of Knowledge Management, Information Science, IT Strategy and Collaboration. 2013 she was awarded “Top CIO of the Year”. Before her current position she used to work as the CEO of a software company [...]
Pavol Lupták Cryptoanarchist and voluntaryist focused on technology and society hacking. Owner of IT security company Nethemba s.r.o., cofounder of Progressbar in Bratislava and Parallel Polis hackerspace in Prague. He gained his BSc. at the FEI-STU in Bratislava and MSc in Computer Science at the Czech Technical University with master thesis focused on [...]
Ruperta Lichtenecker Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker is spokeswoman for economics, scientific research, technology, and innovation of the Austrian Green Party. Since 2006 she is a member of the Austrian Parliament and chairwoman of the committee for scientific research, innovation, and technology. Her main concerns are economic and location policy, as well as research and [...]
Aleksander Laszek Chief Economist and Executive Board Member at Civil Development Forum (FOR) and a PhD candidate at the Warsaw School of Economics. Author and co-author of numerous analysis for Civil Development Forum, Ministry of Regional Development, Lisbon Council, Institute for Research in Economics and Fiscal Issues (IREFF), World Bank and many others. [...]
Matthias Krenn is entrepreneur, politican and vice president of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. He is member of several advisary and executive boards. Since 1980 he is managing the hotel business of his family in Bad Kleinkirchheim where he also serves as a mayor since 1997. During his career Krenn served in several [...]
