# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-aiginger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:03.361Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-aiginger"
name: "Karl Aiginger"
slug: "karl-aiginger"
description: "Karl Aiginger is an Austrian economist. He was the head of the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) between 2005 and 2016, he is a professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and an honorary professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He was succeeded by Christoph Badelt as the head of WIFO in September 2016.\n\nHe established and manages the lateral thinking platform Policy Crossover Center, an interdisciplinary discussion forum on European policy. As an author, he is widely held in libraries worldwide."
tagline: "Austrian economist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_AIGINGER.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
  isoCode: "AT"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1948-10-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             12.63157894736842
  historical:           5.469906666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Aiginger"
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    title: "Айгингер, Карл"
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    title: "Կարլ Այգինգեր"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump