Julia Bachtrögler-Unger is an Economist at WIFO and has been working in the Research Group "Regional Economics and Spatial
Analysis" since 2018. Her research focuses on issues of regional and urban economics, in particular the analysis of economic
policy measures in the regional context, regional development and convergence. In these areas she is currently working as
a project leader and collaborator in national and international projects. Her current research activities include the analysis
of EU cohesion policy at the micro and small-scale level. From 2014 to 2018, Julia taught and worked as a research assistant
and PhD student at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She also gained experience in two OECD projects and was
a guest researcher at Politecnico di Milano. Her work has been published in journals such as Regional Studies, and she has
been giving presentations at numerous conferences and workshops. For her dissertation, she was awarded the Stephan Koren Award,
the Hanns Abele Prize and the FIW Award for outstanding dissertations in 2019. Since April 2022 she is a member of the Austrian
Productivity Board.
