Prof. Rita Szudoczky is an Associate Professor at WU, Vienna, specializing in international and European tax law. Her research focuses on international tax policy, particularly the reform of the global tax system, with an emphasis on creating a fairer, more efficient, and administrable international tax regime. Her work also addresses EU tax policy, exploring issues such as tax competition and enhancing the EU’s competitiveness though the tax system, the interplay between primary and secondary EU law, tax harmonization, and the EU's role in global tax coordination, as well as fiscal State aid.

She holds multiple post-graduate degrees in law, including  LL.M degrees in European Law and International Tax Law from Leiden University and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam. Before joining WU, she gained extensive professional experience at leading law firms and academic  institutions in the Netherlands and Hungary, including the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD). Rita regularly teaches  in various prestigious LLM programs in Europe and beyond and has been a visiting lecturer at Leiden University,  the University of Amsterdam, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the IBDT in Brazil.

Prof. Szudoczky’s academic achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the EStAL PhD Award, the Wolfgang Gassner Scientific Award for her habilitation thesis and multiple WU Research Awards. Her publications span topics such as international tax reform initiatives and proposals, including the global minimum tax, transfer pricing, cooperative compliance,  and  EU direct tax law and policy as well as fiscal State aid, demonstrating her commitment to analysing complex doctrinal theoretical issues as well as globally relevant tax policy questions from multiple perspectives. Her work bridges academic insight and practical application, advancing both the study and practice of international and European tax law.

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