Thomas Lindner

Professor Thomas Lindner is working on building a research group in International Management at ISMT, and new colleagues will join the team over the summer.

Thomas has joined University of Innsbruck in May 2021. Before, he was an Assistant Professor at WU Vienna from 2016 to 2021. He earned his PhD at WU with a dissertation on international finance. Thomas also holds an MSc and a CEMS MIM in international management as well as a BSc in economics and social sciences and a BSc in physics. In 2018, Thomas was a visiting professor at NYU Stern and he has been a part-time lecturer at the Copenhagen Business School since 2017. In his classes, he teaches strategy, international finance, research methods, and data science with applications in R and Python. In his third-party funded work, Thomas connects energy efficiency measures to innovative financing methods, and develops inquiry-based teaching methods for physics education. Outside of university, he is engaged in several NGOs working on political and science education. Thomas’ research and teaching were, among others, awarded the Copenhagen Business School Prize, the Douglas Nigh Award, the Stephan Koren-Prize, the Emerald/EFMD Award, and the CEMS Best International Business Project Award.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (2013 — 2016)
• MSc/MiM (CEMS) Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (2011 — 2013)
• BSc Universität Wien (2008 — 2012)
• BSc Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (2008 — 2011)

Companies

• Professor Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck (2021)
• Visiting Professor WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (2021)
• External Lecturer Copenhagen Business School (2017)
• Assistant Professor WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) (2016 — 2021)
• Visiting Assistant Professor NYU Stern School of Business (2018 — 2018)
• Prae Doc Assistant Vienna University of Economics and Business (2013 — 2016)
• Visiting Researcher NYU Stern School of Business (2016 — 2016)
• Summer Intern - CIB Finance Analytics Deutsche Bank (2012 — 2012)
• Teaching Assistant Vienna University of Economics and Business (2011 — 2012)