As of September 9, 2022, Julia Studencki has been appointed Secretary General of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS). Her activities include commercial management.

Julia Studencki studied business consulting at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, specializing in management, organizational consulting, and corporate auditing. After passing the tax consulting examination in 2006, she held leadership roles at BDO Graz GmbH (now Rabel & Partner) and later at acib GmbH, where she has led finance and human resources since 2016. She also teaches part-time at Joanneum University of Applied Sciences.