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Leonard Kukic is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Economic History (Tenure Track) at the Department of Economic and Social History, University of Vienna. His research focuses on economic growth patterns, technological change, and regional development in Eastern Europe, particularly in socialist economies like the USSR and Yugoslavia. He holds a PhD and has been affiliated with the University of Vienna since February 2025.
His research interests include analyzing long-term economic trends in post-war Soviet and Yugoslav contexts, exploring how technological failures and ethnic diversity influenced economic trajectories. He employs quantitative methods to study topics such as biased technical change in socialist Europe and the origins of regional disparities in Yugoslavia.
Recent publications examine the Soviet postwar economic slowdown (2024), ethnic identity in Yugoslavia (2023), technological challenges in socialist Europe (2021), and regional divergence in Yugoslavia (2020), all published in top journals like Economic History Review and Explorations in Economic History.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text. His current role does not indicate part-time status or prior affiliations beyond the listed position.
