Personal profile

Short biography

Further information on Georg Kofler as well as comprehensive list of publications is available on my webpage.

Curriculum Vitae

Appointment as University Professor at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, WU Vienna

Jul 2020

Head of the Institute for Fiscal Law, Tax Law and Tax Policy at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20132020

University Professor of Tax Law at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20102020

Global Professor of Law, New York University

2019

Head of the Research Institute for Tax Law and Tax Management at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20132019

Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law

2018

Founding Member and Principal Investigator of the LIT Digital Transformation and Law Lab (henceforth: LIT Law Lab)

2017

Visiting Professor at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Law

2016

Visiting Professor at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law

2013

Deputy Head of the Institute for Fiscal Law, Tax Law and Tax Policy at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20092013

University Professor of Tax Law at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20092010

Listings or Calls to the University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Call, 2007), Johannes Kepler University of Linz (Call, 2009), University of Graz (first place, 2009), University of Klagenfurt (second place, 2010), Johannes Kepler University of Linz (call, 2010)

20072010

Member of the Department of International Tax Law, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, Vienna, Austria

2009

Acting Assistant Professor of Tax Law in the International Tax Program (ITP) of the New York University School of Law, Faculty Advisor for students in the ITP

20062008

Attainment of the title of „Universitätdozent“ for Austrian, International and European Tax Law („Finanz- und Steuerrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Internationalen und Europäischen Steuerrechts sowie der Steuerlehre"). Habilitation Thesis: "Double Taxation Conventions and European Law"

2006

Assistant Professor at the Department of Tax Law, Johannes Kepler University of Linz

20012006

Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Taxation at the New York University School of Law

20032004

Completion of the Doctorate of Social Sciences, Economics & Business

2003

Judicial Practice at District Court in Linz

2003

Member of the Department of International Tax Law, Federal Ministry of Finance, Vienna, Austria

20022003

Trainee as Tax Consultant

20012003

Studies of Economics (Business Economics) (attains the title Mag. rer. soc. oec.)

2002

Completion of Doctorate in Law (attains the titlte of Dr. iur.)

2002

Judicial Practice at District Court in Linz

2001

Research Assistant at the Department of Law at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz

19912001

Studies of Law at the Johannes Kepler University of Law (attains the title of Mag. iur.)

2000

Grammar School in Viktring/Klagenfurt (Graduation with excellence)

1995

External positions

Generally sworn and court-certified expert at the Linz Regional Court

2013 → …

Professor Associè at University Luxembourg

2011 → …

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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