Wolfgang F. Danspeckgruber

Wolfgang Franz Danspeckgruber
Born(1956-02-04)February 4, 1956
Linz, Austria
DiedFebruary 17, 2026(2026-02-17) (aged 70)
New York City, U.S.
Academic background
Alma materJohannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria;
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Academic work
DisciplineInternational Relations
InstitutionsPrinceton University; Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD); Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Main interestsDiplomacy, self-determination

Wolfgang Franz Danspeckgruber (February 4, 1956 – February 17, 2026) was an Austrian-born American academic who was the Founding Director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University. He taught on issues of state, international security, self-determination, diplomacy and crisis diplomacy at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Politics from 1988. Danspeckgruber was also founder and chair of the Liechtenstein Colloquium on European and International Affairs, LCM, a private diplomacy forum.