Christoph Badelt has been president of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration since 2002, and is currently president of Universities Austria (former Austrian Rectors' Conference).

He is a renowned economist, specializing in social policy (issues of social insurance, unemployment, etc.), was voted as the Austrian Scientist of the Year in 1999, and is full professor of economic and social policy at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Besides numerous other posts abroad, he also held the position of a visiting associate professor at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, USA) in 1984/1985.

Badelt holds a Ph.D. in political economy from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

• Interview with Christoph Badelt on the Impact of the University Reform in Austria (July 13, 2005)