Wolfgang Rohrbach

Wolfgang Rohrbach (Vienna, June 11, 1947) is an Austrian university professor, expert in economic history, insurance, and health economics, triple doctor of science, full member of the EASA, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts from Salzburg, president of Europa Nostra Austria, an organization for the protection of monuments in Europe from Krems, honorary president of OLIP, the organization for international publications on life insurance from Linz, as well as vice president of ÖSG, the Austrian Serbian Association in Vienna.

Education From 1966 to 1967, after finishing high school in Vienna, Rohrbach served in the Austrian Federal Army. After that, he studied history and Slavic philology at the University of Vienna from 1967 to 1972. He earned his PhD in the fields of history of economics and sociology, as well as Slavic philology (with major languages Russian and Serbo-Croatian), obtaining the title of Doctor of Philology.

Career Since 1973, Rohrbach has worked in the insurance industry in various roles (statistician, economic analyst, publicist, press spokesperson, and product design manager).

From 1980 to 1999, Wolfgang Rohrbach was the head of the communications department and editor-in-chief of several professional journals at the "Austria-Kollegialität" insurance company. From 2000 to 2006, he held the same position at the headquarters of the UNIQA Insurance Group, after which he worked in Belgrade as a sales consultant for UNIQA Serbia. During the 2014/15 academic year, he was a visiting professor at the Saint Elizabeth University for Health and Social Sciences in Bratislava.

Academic and Professional Titles Wolfgang Rohrbach holds several honorary doctorates and academic titles, including an honorary doctorate from the European University in Brčko and the title of Honorary Professor at the Danube University and the University for Continuing Education Krems. He is involved in various scientific and educational projects both in Austria and abroad. He is also the author of the book The Emergence and Development of Scientific Slavic Studies in Vienna, published in 2020 by Tronik Design in Belgrade. Wolfgang Rohrbach continues his scientific work and is actively involved in various scientific and educational projects both domestically and internationally.