Roland Gareis (born March 15, 1948) is an Austrian economist, former Professor of Project Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, and consultant.
In his early years he wa an active youth player at the Austrian football club SK Rapid Wien.
In 1969 he graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business with a thesis on a new structure for the Hotel and Catering Industry, where in 1972 he also obtained his PhD.
[3] Gareis started his academic career at the Institut für Baubetrieb und Bauwirtschaft at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where in 1979 he obtained his habilitation with a thesis on "Investment planning for the construction company."
Over the years he was Visiting Professor at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in 1982, at Georgia State University in Atlanta in 1987; and at the Université du Québec in Montreal in 1991.