Martin Kocher | |
Office: | Minister of Digital and Economic Affairs |
Term Start: | 11 May 2022 |
Chancellor: | Karl Nehammer |
Predecessor: | Margarete Schramböck |
Office2: | Minister of Labour |
Term Start2: | 1 February 2021 |
Office3: | Minister of Labour, Family and Youth |
Term Start3: | 11 January 2021 |
Term End3: | 1 February 2021 |
Chancellor3: | Sebastian Kurz |
Predecessor3: | Christine Aschbacher |
Birth Date: | 13 September 1973 |
Birth Place: | Salzburg, Austria |
Alma Mater: | University of Innsbruck |
Martin Georg Kocher (pronounced as /de/; born 13 September 1973) is an Austrian economist, academic, and politician who has been Minister of Labour since January 2021[1] [2] 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.[3]