Martin Kocher
Martin Kocher | |
|---|---|
Kocher in 2021 | |
| Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs | |
| In office 11 May 2022 – 3 March 2025 | |
| Chancellor | Karl Nehammer |
| Preceded by | Margarete Schramböck |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office 1 February 2021 – 3 March 2025 | |
| Chancellor | |
| Succeeded by | Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer |
| Minister of Labour, Family and Youth | |
| In office 11 January 2021 – 1 February 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Sebastian Kurz |
| Preceded by | Christine Aschbacher |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1973 Salzburg, Austria |
| Alma mater | University 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.