Karl Wöber is Professor and Founding President of Modul University Vienna. From 2012-2024, Karl Wöber was the Chairman of the Austrian Private University Conference. Since 2026, he is the President of the European Union of Private Higher Education. He acquired his PhD from the Vienna University of Economics and Business where he became Associate Professor in 2000. He was elected President of the International Academy for the study of Tourism from 2019 until 2024.

Over the last 35 years Karl Wöber's interdisciplinary research focused on computer support in tourism and hospitality marketing and management, decision support systems, and economics. His main research contributions are in the fields of decision support systems, and strategic marketing and strategic planning. The principle questions underlying most of his research activities are how to improve the decision making of managers and consumers by providing decision support tools. Within the general field of decision support system research, he particularly investigated various forms of collaborative decision making methods and methods for solving multi-criteria decision making problems. This research led to the development of the most comprehensive tourism marketing and management information system (www.tourmis.info) which is currently in use by more than 25,000 registered users in Europe.

• School of Tourism and Service Management 2007/08/01-
• University Council 2007/08/01-2027/05/08
• University Senate 2007/08/01-2027/05/08

• Spring 2026 Master Thesis Tutorial II
• Fall 2025/26 Master Thesis Tutorial II

https://research.modul.ac.at/en/persons/karl-wöber