About Me

Welcome and Servas! I’m an economist currently working at IIASA’s Migration and Sustainable Development research group. Besides juggling with data and running regressions, I’m also a football addict and always miss my bike when I’m not on it.

Research Interest

Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to explore various areas of economic research. I’ve been involved in projects related to education, labor, and development. However, my main expertise lies in the intersection of political economy and spatial economics. In my master’s thesis, I examined the impact of locust swarms on conflict patterns and food security in Africa. To do this, I conducted a geographically disaggregated analysis, dividing the sample into hexagonal cells of equal size and estimating the incidence of conflict for each cell as a function of swarms and a set of covariates.

Selected Work

1. E. Farnleitner. “From Swarms to Strife: Desert Locust and Conflict in Africa.” 2023.
2. K. Allinger, E. Farnleitner. “What you don’t know can’t help you: Public perception of COVID-19 loan repayment moratoria”. 2024.
3. E. Farnleitner, F. Hartwich. “Promoting global sustainability by investing in the energy transition of developing countries”. 2024.