Friedrich “Fritz” Hinterberger is an economist who studied at the University of Linz and received his PhD from the University of Giessen in 1990.
From 1993 to 2000, he worked at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. In 1999, he founded the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), which explores sustainable development options for Europe and examines the global impact of European policies.
Between 2019 and 2024, Hinterberger held academic positions at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and for two years at the University of Salzburg.