Welcome to the Department of Business Analytics and Decision Making

The Department of Business Decisions and Analytics is dedicated to high-quality research in quantitative economics and decision support. Building upon a data-driven and optimization-oriented perspective, we develop models and solve complex problems in today’s rapidly changing business environment. We are committed to research-based and competent teaching and try to convey a deep understanding of methods and real-world problems.

 News

 Teaching

30.06.2025
 

Geplante Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Organisation und Personal für 2025W und 2026S

Eine Liste der geplanten Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich Organisation und Personal für das Wintersemester 2025 und Sommersemester 2026 ist ab sofort...

17.07.2021
 

Biljana Roljic erhält UNIVIE Teaching Award 2020

Mit dem Lehrpreis unterstreicht die Universität Wien den hohen Stellenwert des Lehrens. Biljana Roljic gewinnt den Preis in der Kategorie „Lehren &...

 Research

01.07.2025
 

Research Awards for Univ.- Prof. Mag. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera

Univ.- Prof. Mag. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera has been awarded with the Gregory Kersten GDN Journal Best Paper Awards

10.10.2024
 

Research Award Dr. Yannick Scherr

Our department member Dr. Yannick Scherr has been awarded the GOR Young Researchers Award 2024.

10.10.2024
 

New Publication: Paper in Technological Forecasting and Social Change accepted

10.10.2024
 

The Principal Investigator Project “COMMIT – Collaborative Middle-Mile Transportation” of Dr. Yannick Scherr (BDA department) was approved by the FWF....

 Other

13.06.2025
 

Job Offer: Assistant professor in economics of education at Lund University

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more...

30.05.2025
 

Job Offer: Post-Doktorand*in (60-70%) an der Universität Zürich

30.05.2025
 

Job Offer: Wissenschaftliche*r Assistent*in (50-60%) an der Universität Zürich

16.10.2024
 

Retirement of Prof. Hartl and Prof. Vetschera

With September 30 2024, BDA professors Hartl and Vetschera have retired.

 New Papers

Päprer, P., Neufeld, J. S., Buscher, U., Scheffler, M., Wastian, M., Rosenberger, J., Joshi, K., Kocatürk, F., Ehmke, J., Kunovjanek, M., Schwab, N., & Popper, N. (2025). Challenges and the Need to Integrate Rolling Stock and Crew Scheduling for Efficient Railway Operations. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(1), 445-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.03.076