Fischer, Manfred M. (Professor Emeritus)
Professor Emeritus
Other Information
D4.3.212
Welthandelsplatz 1/D4/Level 3
1020 Vienna, Austria
Office hours: please request by E-Mail
Research Interests
Economic Geography and Regional Science
Spatial Economics
Spatial analysis and Spatial Econometrics
Computational Intelligence and Geocomputation
Current Project
Modelling the impact of FDI on growth in a global vector autoregressive framework (OeNB anniversary fund project)
Academic Awards and Honours
Fellows Award of the Regional Science Association International awarded for outstanding contributions to and dedicated leadership in the field of regional science, North American RSAI Conference Toronto, November 18, 2006
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences [KNAW], Foreign Member, elected 1999, Amsterdam
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member, elected 1996, Vienna
International Academy of Sciences for Europe and Asia [IAE A], Fellow, elected 1995, Moscow
World Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow, elected 1981
Winner of the 2016 Founder’s Medal of the Regional Science Association International, the highest accolade of the RSAI, awarded every four years to scholars who have made significant lifelong contributions to regional science, 56th ERSA Conference, Vienna, August 23, 2016
Winner of the First Jean Paelinck Award of the Regional Science Association International,honouring outstanding scholarly achievements of a senior and internationally recognized regional scientist in the field of regional science methods, 55th ERSA Conference, Lisbon, August 25, 2015
Winner of the 2012 EIB-European Prize in Regional Science, awarded for outstanding contributions to among others Spatial Economics, 52nd ERSA Conference, Bratislava, August 24, 2012