Main Responsibilities

• regional development
• structural change
• demography and regional employment

Career

Eric Kirschner studied economics and environmental system sciences at the Karl Franzens University of Graz / Austria, the University of Twente/the Netherlands and the University of Munster/Germany. He obtained a master degree in economics and natural sciences. Since 2006 he works as a researcher at JOANNEUM RESEARCH. His research is focused on regional development, regional innovation systems and regional employment. Eric Kirschner is particular qualified in qualitative and quantitative analysis of regional competitiveness, structural change and policy strategies. In the past, Eric Kirschner was a lecturer for Economic and International Economics at the Karl Franzens University of Graz, the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems and the FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences in Graz.

• RR117 2011/06 "WIBIS Steiermark: Beschäftigungs- und Arbeitsmarktprognose für die Steiermark 2011 und 2012"
• RR119 2011/06 "Beschäftigungsprognose für Kärnten 2011 und 2012. Frühjahrsprognose im Rahmen von WIBIS-Kärnten."
• WP33 2007/03 "Ein Portrait der Region - Die Regionen des Verdichtungsraums Graz-Maribor (LebMur)"
• Zukunftsszenarien für den Verdichtungsraum Graz-Maribor (LebMur). Teil B: Rahmenbedingungen & Methoden