Martin Kocher

Martin Kocher
Kocher in 2021
Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs
In office
11 May 2022  3 March 2025
ChancellorKarl Nehammer
Preceded byMargarete Schramböck
Succeeded byWolfgang Hattmannsdorfer
Minister of Labour
In office
1 February 2021  3 March 2025
Chancellor
Succeeded byWolfgang Hattmannsdorfer
Minister of Labour, Family and Youth
In office
11 January 2021  1 February 2021
ChancellorSebastian Kurz
Preceded byChristine Aschbacher
Personal details
Born13 September 1973
Salzburg, Austria
Alma materUniversity of Innsbruck

Martin Georg Kocher (Austrian German: [ˈmartiːn ˈɡeːɔrɡ ˈkɔxɐ]; born 13 September 1973) is an Austrian economist, academic, and politician who has been Minister of Labour since January 2021 and Ministry of Digital and Economic Affairs since 11 May 2022. He was a professor at the University of East Anglia before moving to the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Vienna. There he taught as a professor of behavioral economics and experimental economic research, and was also a visiting professor in Gothenburg and at the University of Queensland. His research interests are in behavioral economics, experimental economics, and economic psychology.