Daniela Weber
Senior Research Scholar
Health, Ageing and Health Systems Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Daniela Weber is a senior research scholar in the Health, Ageing and Health Systems (H2A) Research Group of the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program and an assistant professor of health economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Her research examines healthy ageing from a life-course and interdisciplinary perspective, integrating health economics, demography, and social statistics.Her work revolves around cognitive and physical functioning, as well as mental health, in ageing populations, with a particular focus on gender, education, and socioeconomic inequalities across countries. A central theme of her research is the role of living conditions, education, and labor market participation in shaping health trajectories at older ages, including gender differences in cognition, the health consequences of changes in social and economic roles (e.g., retirement), and inequalities in long-term care use. Her work informs policy debates related to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those on health, gender equality, and sustainable ageing societies, and spans both European and global contexts, including low- and middle-income countries. Her research draws on comparative and longitudinal population data to generate policy-relevant insights into inequalities in ageing across countries and life-course contexts.
Weber holds degrees in Technical Mathematics from TU Wien and in Statistics from the University of Vienna, and earned her PhD from the Vienna University of Economics and Business with a dissertation titled, An International Perspective on Aging and Cognitive Decline.
Last update: 08 JAN 2026
Publications
Sanderson, W.C., Scherbov, S. , Weber, D. , & Bordone, V. (2016). Combined Measures of Upper and Lower Body Strength and Subgroup Differences in Subsequent Survival Among the Older
Population of England. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-008
Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2016). Living longer: Determining whether we are using our extra years productively. Population Insights no.4 (June)
Weber, D. (2016). Social engagement to prevent cognitive ageing? Age and Ageing 45 (4) 441-442. 10.1093/ageing/afw083.
Loichinger, E. & Weber, D. (2016). Trends in Working Life Expectancy in Europe. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-16-004
Herlitz, A., Dekhtyar, S., Asperholm, M., & Weber, D. (2016). Gender differences in memory and cognition. In: Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. pp. 1-7 Singapore: Springer. ISBN 978-981-287-080-3 10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_225-1.