About

Julia Margarete Puaschunder studied Philosophy/Psychology (MPhil, University of Vienna, 2003, highest entry exam), Business (MBA, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2007), Public Administration (MPA, Maxwell School, 2008, fully granted Fulbright Scholar with placements in Washington D.C. and New York City), Social and Economic Sciences (Doctor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2006, merit-based ad personam position, Dean’s list), Natural Sciences (Doctor, University of Vienna, 2010, summa cum laude), Global Political Economy and Finance (MPhil, 2020, Economics courses at Columbia University, Princeton University and The New School), Law (specialization at the University of Vienna 2009) and Economics (PhD cand. 2022, fully granted Prize Fellowship in the Inter-University Consortium of New York, Qualifying Exams in the fields of Macroeconomics and Economics of Climate Change both passed with honors).

Trained as a behavioral economist with Doctorates in Social and Economic Sciences as well as Natural Sciences and Masters in Business, Public Administration and Philosophy in the fields of Psychology and Economics, she has over 20 years of experience in applied social sciences empirical research in the international arena.