Prof. Dr. Michael Tumpel (Austria), Global Tax Research Fellow.

Prof. Dr. Michael Tumpel was born in 1964 in Vienna, Austria. He holds a M.B.A. and a doctoral degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. After receiving venia docendi (Habilitation) for Tax Law and Tax Management from Vienna University he became an associate professor at Vienna University. In 2000, he was appointed full professor at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria.

Professor Tumpel's research interests include various aspects of Austrian, international and European tax law. He has authored or edited several books and has published articles in national and international journals. His current research focuses on the reform of the EU Value Added Tax system to combat tax fraud.

He has been awarded the Albert Hensel Award of the German Tax Law Association 1998, Münster 1998 and the Scientific Award of the International Fiscal Association (IFA), Austrian Branch, Vienna 1998 for his habilitation thesis on Value Added Tax on Intra-Community Trade.

Special research interests: European Value Added Tax, Fundamental Freedoms and Direct Taxation

Affiliated Fellows for the Academic Year 2006-2007

Affiliated Faculty for the Academic Year 2006-2007

Emile Noel Fellows for the Academic Year 2006-2007