Wilfried Kisling

Dr. Wilfried Kisling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Socioeconomics at Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) and an Associate Researcher at the University of Oxford's Faculty of History. His academic journey includes a PhD in Economic History from Universidad Carlos III Madrid and visiting positions at UC Davis and Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

His research examines the historical intersections of finance, trade, and development through three primary lenses:

• The role of banks in facilitating international trade during 1850-1914
• Banking internationalization's impact on financial stability during globalization waves
• Sovereign debt crises and lending strategies in 20th century Latin America

This work bridges economic history with contemporary finance, emphasizing institutional evolution in Europe and Latin America.

Kisling's publications demonstrate consistent focus on historical financial systems, with recent work analyzing:

• London's role in global banking networks
• German/British bank financing of Brazilian coffee trade
• 19th century trade finance mechanisms

His scholarship employs both microeconomic analysis and systemic approaches to historical finance.

He maintains active research collaborations across continents, including projects on:

• Gold Standard impacts on Argentine trade
• Correspondent banking during the 1907 financial panic
• Lloyds Bank's Latin American debt strategies

At WU Vienna, he teaches Political Economy and Applied Economics, continuing pedagogical work spanning economic history, quantification methods, and European integration studies previously developed at Oxford and Madrid.