Robert Holzmann

Robert Holzmann (born February 27, 1949, in Leoben, Styria – a historic province of central Austria) is an Austrian economist with a distinguished career in both academia and international organizations. He held various positions at the University of Graz (1973–1975), University of Vienna (1975–1992), and University of Saarland 1992–2003), and worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (1985–1987), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (1988–1990), and the World Bank (1997–2011). At the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., he served as Sector Director (1997–2009), Research Director (2009–2011), and acting Senior Vice-President (2002–2003). From 1983 to 2005, he directed the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Economic Policy Analyses (Vienna). He currently holds honorary positions at the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur) and the University of New South Wales (Sydney). He is a Research Fellow at IZA (a German labor market think tank in Bonn) and CESifo (Munich). In 2014 he was elected Full Member (Fellow) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He consults for governments, international organizations, and research institutions.

Holzmann holds various editorial and advisory positions, including: Associate Editor‒ Journal of the Economics of Ageing; Associate Editor, Economics – E-journal; Member and Chairman of the Advisory Board ‒ EcoAustria Research Institute; Board Member ‒ Austrian Economic Association; Member ‒ Advisory Council of IIF Business School (New Delhi, India); Member‒ Advisory Board of Center of Development Studies (University of Rome II – Tor Vergata); Member – Editorial and Advisory Board of International Journal of Social Security and Workers Compensation (Australia); Member – Editorial Board of Journal of Public Policy; Member – Council of Advisors, Population Europe; and Distinguished Associate – Atlantic International Economic Society.

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