Böhm-Bawerk Lecture
Welcome to the Böhm-Bawerk Lectures. On this page you will find some facts about this key-note lecture series organised by the Faculty of Business and Management, the Faculty of Economics and Statistics and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences in cooperation with the research focus EPoS.
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was born in Brno in 1851. As a former minister of finance, he published his most important scientific works, his Theory of Capital, during his appointment at the University of Innsbruck. Today, Böhm-Bawerk is regarded as a pioneer of modern economic theory and co-founder of the so-called Austrian School of Economics.
curriculum vitae/ Career Böhm-Bawerk
The Böhm-Bawerk Lecture was established in 1980 by Professor Dr. Christian Smekal, then Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics. It takes place at regular intervals. For the Böhm-Bawerk Lecture the three faculties invite exceptional academics in the areas of Economics, Management, and the Social and Political Sciences.
40. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2024
Prof. Helen V. Milner (B.C. Forbes Professor of Politics and Interantional Affairs, Princeton University, USA)
Title: Globalization, The Rise of right-wing Populism and the End of the Liberal International Order?
39. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2023
Kathleen Thelen (Ford Professor of Political Science, MIT, USA)
Title: Attention Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy
38. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2023
Prof. Dr. Cass R. Sunstein (Harvard University, USA)
Title: The Use of Algorithmus
37. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2019
Prof. Dr. George LOEWENSTEIN (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Title: Behavioral Economics and the Age of Information
36. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2017
Prof. Dr. Robin MANSELL (London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK)
Title: Transformative Communication Technologies: The Accountability Challenge
35. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2016
Prof. Dr. Ariel RUBINSTEIN (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Title: A Typology of Players: between Instinctive and Contemplative
34. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2015
Prof. Dr. Victor M. LIDZ (Drexel University College of Medicine, USA)
Title: Conceptualizing the Rational Actor and Rational Social Action
33. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2015
Prof Dr Vernon L. SMITH (Chapman University, USA)
Nobel Prize winner 2002
32. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2014
Prof. Colin CAMERER (California Institute of Technology)
Title: The neuroscience of complex economic valuation
31. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2012
Prof. Dr Dr.h.c. mult. Bruno S. FREY (University of Zurich/University of Warwick)
Title: Happiness - the view of economics
30. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2011
Prof. Dr Hubert Zimmermann (Philipps University Marburg)
Title: The normative power of a real currency: The euro crisis from a political science perspective
29. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2010
Prof. Sayan Chatterjee (Case Western Reserve University)
Title: Business Model Innovation: A heuristics Approach
27. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2008
Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich)
Title: On Gift Exchange - Field versus Lab Experiments
26. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2008
Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta (University of Cambridge)
Title: Social Capital, Personal Identity and Economic Development
25. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2007
Prof Dr Oscar Gabriel (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences I - Political Systems and Political Sociology)
Title: Social capital and democracy - a third way between market and state?
24th Böhm-Bawerk Lecture & CSI Conference 2006
Prof. Dr. Ian Goldin (Director of The James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University)
Title: Globalisation: Evolving Ideas and Lagging Institutions
23. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2006
Prof Dr Dr Karl Homann (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Title: Morality or economic law?
22. Böhm-Bawerk Lecture 2005
Prof. Dr. Anne O. Krueger (First Deputy Managing Director IMF, Stanford University)
Title: From Despair to Hope: The Challenge of Promoting Poverty Reduction
2004 Prof. Dr. Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University) Title: Information Technology and the World Economy
2003 Prof. Dr. Sanjaya Lall (University of Oxford) Title: Globalization, Technology and the Developing World
2002 Prof. Dr. John H. Dunning (Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA) Title: Global Capitalism: The Moral Challenge
2001 Prof. Dr. David Greenaway (University of Nottingham)
2001 Prof. Dr. Peter Bernholz (University of Basle) Title: "The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) – Description of Activities and Evaluation from a Normative Economic Perspective"
1998 Prof. Dr. Alan P. Kirman (Université d'Aix-Marseille)
1997 Prof. Dr. F.M. Scherer (Harvard University)
1995 Prof. Dr. Reinhard Selten (Bonn) Nobelpreisträger 1994 Title: Lerneffekte in Auktionsexperimenten mit direkt beobachtbaren Biet-Funktionen
1995 Prof. Dr. Israel Kirzner (New York University) Title: The Modern Revival of the Austrian Tradition in Economics
1995 Dr. Václav Klaus (Ministerpräsident der Tschechischen Republik) Title: Die Österreichische Schule und ihre Bedeutung für die Transformationsprozesse der heutigen Welt
1994 Prof. Dr. Ronald Findlay (Columbia University) Title: Capital Theory and International Trade
1992 Prof. Dr. Robin Marris (University of London)
1990 Prof. Dr. Ernst Helmstädter (Universität Münster) Title: Eigentum und Kapitalwirtschaft in der Ordnungspolitik
1989 Prof. Dr. Karl W. Deutsch (Harvard University) Title: Nationalstaaten, Globalprobleme und Weltmodelle
1988 Prof. Dr. James M. Buchanan (George Mason University)Nobelpreisträger 1996 Title: The Economy as a Constitutional Order
1987 Prof. Dr. Bela Balassa (Baltimore) Title: Die Rolle der öffentlichen Unternehmen in der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung
1986 Prof. Dr. Alan Peacock (Edinburgh) Title: Der Nationalökonom als Berater der Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
1985 Prof. Dr. Herbert Giersch (Kiel) Title: Unternehmensgeist für die Zukunft
1984 Prof. Dr. Franco Modigliani (Massachusetts) Nobelpreisträger 1985 Title: Government deficits and the stagflation of the last decade
1982 Prof. Dr. Terence Hutchinson (Birmingham) Title: Joseph Schumpeter on capitalism, socialism and democracy
1980 Prof. Dr. Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (Bonn) Title: Rechte und Verhältnisse in der modernen Wirtschaftslehre