Career

Real-World Impact: From Business to Policy

The applications of experimental economics are vast, extending across the private sector, public institutions, and academia. Businesses utilize experimental insights to refine pricing strategies, optimize consumer engagement, and assess the impact of marketing tactics. Governments and policymakers rely on experimental findings to shape regulations, improve public policies, and evaluate economic reforms. In academia, experimental economics drives cutting-edge research, fostering a deeper understanding of economic behaviors and advancing the field through rigorous empirical validation. By bridging theoretical concepts with practical applications, experimental economics continues to shape decision-making processes across multiple domains.

Studying experimental economics up career opportunities in a wide variety of private and public organisations in the Austria and abroad including:

  • Public Policy & Government Agencies

  • Academia & Research Institutions

  • Central Banking & Financial Regulation

  • Consulting & Market Research

  • International Organizations & NGOs

  • Tech & Digital Platforms / UX Research

Our Alumni

Ilona Reindl

Policy Officer at Global Responsibility

"Working as a policy officer at the Austrian national platform for development cooperation and humanitarian aid is deeply rewarding to me. My PhD thesis in experimental economics focused on climate change prevention, burden sharing, and economic inclusion—topics that remain highly relevant in my current work. This research not only sharpened my critical thinking but also equipped me with the analytical skills necessary to navigate the complex policy environments I engage with today."

Florian Spitzer

Researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna, specializing in applied behavioral economics

"My doctoral studies and my training at the VCEE were crucial for developing my research on how human behavior is shaped by the institutional choice environment and the design of decision situations. The dynamic academic environment and the exchange with inspiring colleagues at the VCEE provided the perfect foundation for my work on promoting behavior change towards more sustainability through choice architecture and other behaviorally inspired interventions."

Miruna Cotet, PhD

Postdoc at the Complexity Science Hub, Vienna

“My training at the VCEE helped me develop my skills and taste for doing research. I took two classes with VCEE faculty in Behavioral and Experimental Economics, worked as a lab assistant at VCEE, and wrote an experimental Master’s thesis. This set me on track for my academic career which led me to the University of Maastricht and Ohio State University. Today, I design experiments to study collective adaptation and provide insights to improve group decision-making and coordination in real-world contexts.”

Axel Sonntag

Senior Manager at Accenture

"My time as an Assistant Professor at the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics (VCEE) was pivotal in shaping my research approach. The center’s emphasis on behavioral and experimental economics, combined with its collaborative and intellectually vibrant environment as well as its international spirit, helped me build skills that have proven invaluable. These capabilities now allow me to address complex analytical challenges in applying Artificial Intelligence to corporate strategy and governance - challenges I could not have foreseen at the time."