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Gehmacher, Ernst© Copyright Ernst Gehmacher, photo 1997 Gehmacher, Ernst, b. Salzburg, Aug. 6, 1926, social scientist. Studied agriculture, sociology and psychology in Vienna, from 1957-1962 editor of the newspaper "Arbeiterzeitung", since 1967 one of the managers of the Institute for Empirical Social Research (Institut für empirische Sozialforschung IFES). Special focus on standards of living, models of social systems, policy research and market research methods. Since the 1980s scientific advisor to the Austrian government, trade unions and companies. Works: Jugend in Österreich, 1981; Die Stadt als Aufgabe der Politik, 1988; Mehr Glück mit Verstand, 1991; Erwarte das Schlimmste - und freue dich darauf: Vorbereitung auf das Zeitalter der Illusionslosigkeit, 1994; Reich und grün, 1998.
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