Lisa Windsteiger

Lisa Windsteiger is an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the University of Salzburg's Department of Economics and an affiliate at the ifo Institute. Her research focuses on behavioral economics, political economy, and public economics, with emphasis on inequality perceptions, socio-economic segregation, and policy support analysis through survey experiments.

Educational Background:

• PhD in Economics, London School of Economics (LSE)
• MSc in Economics, Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna)
• Master's in Mathematics, Vienna University of Technology

Research Interests: She investigates how segregation affects redistributive policies, the role of misinformation in public opinion, and experimental methods to assess policy acceptance. Her work bridges theoretical models with empirical evidence from controlled experiments.

Key Contributions: Recent studies analyze segregation's redistributive consequences (European Economic Review 2022), civil liberties' impact on life satisfaction (Journal of Happiness Studies 2021), and decision-making under rank reversal scenarios (Experimental Economics 2021).

Affiliations: Active at the ifo Institute and CESifo as a research affiliate, contributing to applied policy research.