Brian König

Brian König serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Operations Research and Econometrics at the Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics in Bratislava since September 2010, while concurrently holding a part-time researcher position at the Institute of Economics SAS since January 2012.

His academic credentials include:

• Second-level higher education in Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business (2007)
• Tertiary education in Econometrics and Operations Research (2010)
• Associate Professor title in Econometrics and Operations Research (2021)

Professor König's research centers on applied econometrics with emphasis on labor market dynamics, income distribution, and international trade. His empirical work frequently employs spatial econometric techniques and gravity models to analyze regional disparities within the EU, particularly among Visegrád Group nations. Current investigations focus on fiscal policy impacts, consumption inequality patterns, and unemployment cost quantification in Central European contexts.

Publication trends reveal consistent engagement with policy-relevant economic questions since 2015. His work bridges theoretical modeling with empirical validation, addressing labor market interventions, trade determinants, and social safety nets. Recent outputs demonstrate increasing international collaboration and methodological sophistication, particularly in analyzing post-recession growth patterns and capital flow anomalies within transition economies.

He has supervised 30 bachelor's and 15 master's theses while securing significant research funding through APVV projects on shadow banking (2021-2025), macroeconomic imbalances (2018-2022), and pension systems (2015-2019), plus VEGA grants on capital flows (2021-2023) and trade invoicing (2024-2026).

Active in professional communities as member of the Slovak Society for Operations Research (2010-present) and International Federation of Operational Research Societies (2020-present), he maintains international partnerships through research stays at Vienna University of Economics (2018-2019, 2019-2020) and EUROMOD training at University of Essex (2018).