Nikolaus Hautsch, Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Nikolaus Hautsch serves as Vice Rector for Infrastructure as of January 1, 2023. Prior to his appointment he has been Professor for Finance and Statistics at the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna. Nikolaus Hautsch studied economics at the University of Konstanz and earned his doctoral degree in econometrics in 2003. Subsequently he joined the Department of Economics of the University of Copenhagen as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. From 2007 to 2013 he held the Chair of Econometrics at Humboldt University Berlin and served as the director of the “Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science”. In 2013, he joined the University of Vienna, where he served as Vice-Dean (2016-2018) and Dean (2018-2020) of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics. Hautsch is elected fellow of the Society for Financial Econometrics, and research fellow of the Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt. He had visiting positions at the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Melbourne, the National University of Singapore, the Université Catholique de Louvain, the University of Cambridge and Duke University. 

Education and Academic Career

1998-2003: Doctoral studies, University of Konstanz

2004-2005: Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen

2005-2007: Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen         

2007-2013: Professor of Econometrics, Humboldt University Berlin

since 2013: Professor of Finance and Statistics, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Vienna

Functions and Memberships

2007-2011: Affiliated member of the “Quantitative Products Laboratory” (QPL), Berlin 

since 2007: Fellow, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt

since 2009: Member of the Econometric Council (Ökonometrischer Ausschuss) of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik)

2010-2013: Director of the “Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science” 

since 2007: Elected Fellow of the Society for Financial Econometrics

2016-2018: Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna

2018-2020: Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna

2018-2020: Scientific Advisory Board Forschungsdateninfrastruktur für Finanzdaten, SAFE, Frankfurt

since 2019: Member of the Advisory Board of CCPA, Central Counterparty Austria, GmbH

as of 1st January 2023: Vice-Rector for Infrastructure, University of Vienna 

Additional Memberships

2010-2016: Associate Editor of Empirical Economics
2012-2022: Editorial Board of Econometrics
Since 2012: Associate Editor of Journal of Financial Econometrics
Since 2014: Associate Editor Market Microstructure and Liquidity
Since 2015: Associate Editor International Journal of Forecasting
Since 2015: Associate Editor International Journal of Forecasting
Since 2015: Associate Editor Journal of Business & Economic Statistics
Since 2015: Associate Editor Journal of Applied Econometrics
2019-2022: Managing Editor Quantitative Finance
Since 2023: Editorial Board Quantitative Finance