Dr. Katharina Mader

Katharina Mader is an economist and has been an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Heterodox Economics at Vienna University of Economics and Business since 2011, where she completed her doctorate in social and economic sciences in 2008.

Her research focuses on feminist economics, care economics, income and wealth distribution and gender budgeting. She is involved in the research networks efas (economy, feminism and science) Berlin and IAFFE (International Association for Feminist Economics).
Awards received to date: 2019 Käthe Leichter Prize, 2017 16th Vienna Women's Prize, 2009 Gabriele Possanner Promotion Prize, 2008 Dr. Maria Schaumayer Prize.

Publications (exemplary):

• Mader, Katharina. 2019. feminist economics. In: ABC of the global (dis)order. From "Anthropocene" to "Civil Society", ed. von Braunmühl, Claudia, Gerstenberger, Heide, Ptak, Ralf, Wichterich, Christa, 68-69. Hamburg: VSA Verlag.
• Mader, Katharina, Hollan, Katarina, Schneebaum, Alyssa, Rehm, Miriam 2018. The Gender Wealth Gap Across European Countries. Review of Income and Wealth. 64 (2), 295-331
• Mader, Katharina, Elisabeth, Klatzer, Hagan, Angela. 2018. A Brief Overview of Gender Budgeting in Europe. In: Gender Budgeting in Europe, ed. O'Hagan Angela, Klatzer Elisabeth, 43-56. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Mader, Katharina, Aruqaj, Erza. 2018. The pay gap is a myth! In: No More Bullshit. Das Handbuch gegen sexistische Stammtischweisheiten , ed. Sorority e.V. 46-55. Vienna: Kremayr & Scheriau.
• Mader, Katharina, Hollan, Katarina. 2017. The glass ceiling of wealth. On the connection between wealth and gender. In: Handbook of Wealth, ed. Dimmel, Nikolaus; Hofmann, Julia; Schenk, Martin; Schürz, Martin, 231-241. Innsbruck: Studienverlag.
• Mader, Katharina, Schneebaum, Alyssa. 2013. On the gender-specific intrahousehold distribution of decision-making power in Europe. Economy and Society 39 (3): pp. 361-403.
• Mader, Katharina, Schultheiss, Jana. 2011. Feminist economics - answers to the dominant economic sciences? PROKLA 41 (164): 405-422.
• Mader, Katharina. 2009. gender budgeting: an emancipatory, fiscal and democratic policy instrument. Theoretical foundation and exemplification using the Vienna budget process. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.