Johannes Jäger is Professor and Head of the Economics Department at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. His research focuses on critical international political economy, sustainability, global finance, regional development, supply chains, and European and Latin American integration. He obtained his PhD in Economics with Distinction from the University of Economics and Business, Vienna. He previously held positions as an assistant professor at the Institute for International Economics at the University of Economics and Business, Vienna, and as a researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He has led numerous research projects, delivered keynote speeches at a large number of conferences and academic events, and been a guest professor at several universities. He is an ordinary member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and a member of the Senate of the Austrian CDG Research Association. He is also a steering group member of the EuroMemo Group and a board member of scientific journals such as Global Political Economy. He has received several awards, including the FH Best Paper Award from the City of Vienna, the FH Research Prize and the Kurt Rothschild Prize, for his introductory economics textbook.