Named after one of Austria's most important economists of the post-war period and a former JKU Rector, Kurt W. Rothschild, the School strives to combine applied statistics and economics in an effort to respond to questions pertaining to the economy and social policy.
Our current research areas are:
- Epidemiology & Public Health
- Future of Work
- Data Science
Kurt Rothschild School of Economics and Statistics (RoSES)
Address
JKU Linz
Altenberger Straße 69
4040 Linz
Location
Keplergebäude Bldg., 1st Floor
Science Park 2, Entresol
November 9, 2021 - The new JKU School opened with a presentation by Prof. Michèle Tertilt (University of Mannheim), followed by a round table discussion featuring Prof. Dr. Tobias Thomas (General Director Statistics Austria), Assoz. Univ. Prof. Dr Helga Wagner (Medical Statistics and Biometry), and Univ. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Institute for Economics) on: "Statistics and Economy - Evidence-Based Economic and Health Policy".
June 13th:
Prof. em. Emmanuel Lesaffre, I-Biostat, KU Leuven, Belgium: The use of historical data in clinical trials: Does it pay off?
April 25th:
Prof. Asger Hobolth, Department of Mathematics, Aarhus University, Denmark: Phase-type distributions in mathematical population genetics: An emerging framework. (The talk is based on joint work with Iker Rivas-Gonzalez (Leipzig), Mogens Bladt (Copenhagen) and Andreas Futschik (Linz).)
Stefanie Brilon (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
April, 18th
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Johann Bacher, Institut für Soziologie / Abteilung für Empirische Sozialforschung, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria: Datenverknüpfung als neue Herausforderung der Umfrageforschung