Since September 2017, Margit Mischkulnig is serving as Head of Department for Space Affairs and Aviation Technologies at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI). Her areas of specialisation include macro- and micro-economics with specific focus on industrial policy. She joined the BMIMI in 2015, after working in the Ministry of Finance, the European Commission and the Wold Bank Group. She served in ministers’ cabinet responsible for innovation and technology. Margit Mischkulnig holds a master degree in economics from the University of Vienna