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Kurt Rothschild School
of Economics and Statistics.

Welcome!

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

The Opening Ceremony at the JKU Circus of Knowledge

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".

foto of event

News & Events

Event 25.04.2024

Research Seminar at the Institute of Applied Statistics

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).)

Event 24.04.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Stefanie Brilon (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Stefanie Brilon
Event 18.04.2024

Research Seminar at the Institute of Applied Statistics

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

[Translate to Englisch:] Johann Bacher
Event 17.04.2024

Economics Research Seminar

Katharina Wrohlich (University of Potsdam)