XX. Gottfried von Haberler Conference
Guest Speakers: Peter A. Fischer

Peter A. Fischer is a native of Switzerland and studied economics, business economics, international law and political sciences at the Universities of Berne (CH) and Kiel (D). Currently, he serves as Chief Economist of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in Zürich. Fischer obtained an Advanced Studies Certificate in International Economic Policy Research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (D) and obtained his PhD in Economics with summa cum laude in 1998 at the University of Hamburg. After working in academia for several years Dr. Fischer joined the economics department of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) in 1999 and was appointed its Bureau Chief for Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus Area in 2001.

The Russian Association of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists awarded him the Presszwanie Prize for the best foreign economic coverage of Russia. In 2007 Fischer moved from Russia to China and became Bureau chief for the NZZ Beijing Office. His book ‘Quer durch das neue Russland’ was published in 2008 and is in face of the current affairs of special interest today. He returned to Zurich at the end of 2010 and served as Economics editor-in-chief until the end of 2020 and currently serves as Chief Economist of the NZZ. His countless publications focus predominantly on the politically decisive issues of migration, integration, and the problems of the new economic geography.