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

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

10.10.2024
 

Research Award for 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

03.06.2025
 

Job Offer: Postdoc in Public Administration at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Are you a public administration or management scholar? Are you interested in research about the risks of AI use in public administration, and how AI...

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

20.05.2025
 

Job Offer: Doctoral researchers at the University of Hamburg

Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence is one of the strongest research educational institutions in Germany. Our work in research, teaching,...

 New Papers

Caulkins, J. P., Grass, D., Feichtinger, G., Hartl, R., Kort, P. M., Seidl, A., Prskawetz, A., & Wrzaczek, S. (2021). COVID-19 and Optimal Lockdown Strategies: The Effect of New and More Virulent Strains. in M. D. C. Boado-Penas, J. Eisenberg, & Ş. Şahin‬‬‬ (Hrsg.), Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection (S. 163-190). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78334-1_9