Erich Striessnig
Senior Research Scholar
Multidimensional Demographic Modeling Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Erich Striessnig is a Senior Research Scholar in the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program and an Associate Professor at the University of Vienna's Department of Demography. His work at IIASA is focused on estimating the returns to human capital, in particular, accounting for differences in skills in the context of the Yidan Project.He holds a PhD from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), as well as two master’s degrees, one in economics and one in philosophy from the University of Vienna.
Last update: 31 JUL 2025
Publications
Lutz, W. , Striessnig, E. , Dimitrova, A., Ghislandi, S., Lijadi, A., Reiter, C. , Spitzer, S. , & Yildiz, D. (2021). Years of good life is a well-being indicator designed to serve research on sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (12) e1907351118. 10.1073/pnas.1907351118.
K.C., S., Lutz, W. , Potančoková, M. , Abel, G. , Barakat, B., Eder, J., Goujon, A. , Jurasszovich, S., Reiter, C. , Sobotka, T., Speringer, M., Striessnig, E. , Wurzer, M., Yildiz, D. , Yoo, S.H., & Zeman, K. (2020). Global population and human capital projections for Shared Socioeconomic Pathways – 2015 to 2100, Revision-2018.
Striessnig, E. & Bora, J.K. (2020). Under-Five Child Growth and Nutrition Status: Spatial Clustering of Indian Districts. Spatial Demography 8 63-84. 10.1007/s40980-020-00058-3.
Striessnig, E. , Gao, J., O'Neill, B., & Jiang, L. (2019). Empirically-based spatial projections of U.S. population age structure consistent with the shared socioeconomic pathways. Environmental Research Letters 14 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4a3a.