Personal Data

Date of Birth:

March 28, 1951

Place of Birth:

Vienna, Austria/ Europe

Nationality

Austria

Education

1961-1969

Secondary school (Humanist Gymnasium) in Vienna, Austria

1970 -1974

Master-Study of Social and Economic Sciences, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

1975-1977

Doctoral Study of Social and Economic Sciences (Sociology), Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

1974-1976

Post Graduate Study at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna

1985

Habilitation in Sociology (University of Innsbruck)

Career History

1991 – 2016

Professor of Sociology (University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Sep – Dec 2015

Jan – June 2011

Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor for Austria and American Studies at the Department of Government of the UT at Austin/ TX (USA)

Distinguished Austrian Visting Chair Professor at The Europe Center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Relations, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (USA)

Sep. 2006 – June 2007

Schumpeter-Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (USA)

1991-2001, 2003 – 2006

Director of the Institute of Sociology, University of Innsbruck

1985 -1991

Associate Professor, Institute of Sociology, University of Innsbruck

1977-1985

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck

International Teaching and Research Activities

Visiting Professor at Shanghai University, Shanghai/China (June 2017)

Guest Lectures at Okan University, Istanbul/ Turkey (2010)

Guest Lectures at the Universities of Minnesota (2006/07 and 2011), New Orleans and Notre Dame/ USA (2006/07)

Visiting Professor at the Universities of Trento (Italy) and the International School of Tourism in Brunico/ Bruneck (Italy) (1991 – 2005)

Direction of and participation in several research projects sponsered by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research, SCASSS and the EU

Publications

Books (author or editor):

Book chapters:

Articles in reviewed journals:

Research reports:

15

71

18

26

Memberships

Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Soziologie (Austrian Sociological Association),

Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Geschlechterforschung (Gender Studies Association Austria),

European Sociological Association.