Members V. Term of office

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Below you will find brief CVs of the members of the University Board for the current term of office from March 1, 2023, to February 29, 2028.

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Chair of the University Board

Education

• 1969–1977: Humanistic Gymnasium Rahlgasse, Vienna
• 1977–1981: Studied law at the University of Vienna
• 1981: Conferral of the doctoral degree in law (University of Vienna)
• 1981–1986: Training as a judge in the district of the Vienna Higher Regional Court
• 1985: Judicial examination
• 1989: Bar examination

Professional activities

• 1987–1990: Vienna Inner City District Court
• 1990–1997: Vienna Regional Court for Civil Matters
• 1998–2002: Vienna Higher Regional Court
• 2003–2023: Supreme Court
• 2015–2018: Vice President of the Supreme Court
• 2018–2023: President of the Supreme Court (Chair of the Specialized Senate for Contentious Insolvency Law, Chair of the Disciplinary Senate for Judges and Prosecutors, Chair of the Internal and External Senate of the Supreme Court, responsible, among other things, for submitting proposals for appointments to senior positions in the judiciary)
• Since March 1, 2024: University professor of civil procedure law at Karl-Franzens University in Graz

Other activities and memberships

• Since 2012: Member of the advisory board of the Austrian Notarial Journal
• 2014–2022: Lecturer at the University of Vienna, Department of Civil Procedure
• Since 2016: Member of the Executive Board of the Austrian Lawyers' Association (Vice President since 2022)
• Since 2019: Vice President of the Vienna Law Society
• Since 2021: Member of the Judge Selection Committee of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Since March 1, 2023: Chair of the University Board of the University of Vienna
• Since September 24, 2025: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Foundation “Hans Kelsen Institute”

As of December 11, 2025

Publications

1. Commentaries:

2. §§ 114 to 115 KO in Bartsch/Pollak/Buchegger, Austrian Insolvency Law IV (2006)

3. Sections 156, 156a KO in Konecny/Schubert, Commentary on Insolvency Laws (2008)
4. Section 1 JN (together with Ballon/Fucik) in Fasching/Konecny I3, Commentary on Civil Procedure Laws (2013)
5. §§ 1090 to 1119 ABGB in Rummel/Lukas4, Commentary on the General Civil Code (2017)
6. §§ 15, 15a, 16, 30 -33a, 36 MRG in Böhm/Pletzer/Spruzina/Stabentheiner, Comprehensive Commentary on Housing Law (2017); Sections 30-33a, 36 MRG in second edition (2025)
7. Sections 237 f ZPO in Fasching/Konecny III/1³, Commentary on Civil Procedure Laws (2017)
8. The action for annulment (together with Gottfried Musger), in Czernich/Deixler-Hübner/Schauer, Handbook on Arbitration Law (2018) 541
9. Sections 502 to 513 ZPO and Sections 560 f ZPO in Fasching/Konecny IV/13, Commentary on Civil Procedure Laws (2019)
10. Sections 4, 8a IO in Koller/Lovrek/Spitzer, Commentary on the Insolvency Code² (2023), first edition 2019

11. Sections 623-635 ZPO in Rechberger/Klicka/Koller, ZPO6 (2025)

12. Essays and contributions in anthologies

13. Damages for procedural acts in residential law, wobl 2000, 281

14. Contingent termination in labour law and its procedural consequences, in FS Bauer/Maier/Petrag (2004) 261
15. Current case law of the Supreme Court on the liability of insolvency administrators and corporate bodies, in Konecny, Insolvency Forum 2006, 105
16. Some questions on party status in proceedings under § 37 MRG, wobl 2012, 279
17. The liability of the insolvency administrator, in Nunner-Krautgasser/Kapp/Clavora, Insolvency and Restructuring Law, Yearbook 2013, 267
18. Lien on movable property and insolvency, in Konecny, Insolvency Forum 2013, 101
19. The “principle of immediacy” in residential law – a chimera? in FS Würth (2014) 103
20. Legal issues relating to the verification of claims and the extract from the register of claims, in Konecny, Insolvency Forum 2017, 81
21. Conclusion and termination of lease agreements with co-owners, in FS Bittner (2018) 353
22. On the validity of maintenance titles, in Fischer-Czermak/Tschugguel, Contributions to Family and Inheritance Law (2020) 153
23. COVID-19: Effects on lease agreements, ZIK Special 2020/60
24. Section 40a JN and two questions: On appealing to the Supreme Court and on the possibility of utilizing invalid procedural results, NZ 2021/1
25. Procedural questions relating to guarantees (together with Mattias Neumayr), in FS Peter Bydlinski (2022) 617
26. Interfaces between arbitration and state jurisdiction in Liechtenstein and Austria (together with Matthias Neumayr), in FS 100 Years of the Princely Supreme Court (2022) 289
27. Between worlds – Insolvency proceedings opened after the conclusion of the first instance hearing and review process, in FS Konecny (2022) 311
28. Enforcement of consumer law from the perspective of the courts, in ÖJT 2022 (2023) 60
29. Rebuilt amid the ruins: The Supreme Court in 1945, RZ 2022, 240
30. Quality assurance in the ordinary courts, RZ 2023, 3 (together with Matthias Neumayr)
31. Between individual case and landmark decision (together with Gottfried Musger), in FS Neumayr (2023) 209
32. The finder's fee of the heir hunter – The inheritance disclosure agreement under scrutiny of the prohibition of usury, in FS Fischer-Czermak (2024) 449
33. Legal issues of claim determination, in Nunner-Krautgasser/Poltsch, Current insolvency law: Status quo and perspectives (2025) 97
34. Ordinary jurisdiction and administrative jurisdiction: Parallels and differences, ZVG 2025, 7
35. The appeal proceedings before the Administrative Court and the Supreme Court – a comparison, in FS Thienel (2025) 381
36. Not without my fluffy friend! The fate of pets in post-marital division proceedings, in FS Gitschthaler (2025)

37. The Supreme Court in the 21st Century – Challenges and Prospects, in Kodek/Wachberger, 175 Years of the Supreme Court (2025) 159

38. Publications

39. Wohnrechtliche Blätter (since 2009), together with Ludwig Bittner and others

40. Civil Procedure Law – Yearbook 2009 and 2010, together with Robert Fucik, Andreas Konecny, Paul Oberhammer
41. Festschrift for Irmgard Griss (2011), together with Gottfried Musger, Matthias Neumayr, Brigitte Schenk
42. Commentary on the Insolvency Code, together with Christian Koller, Martin Spitzer (first edition 2019, second edition 2023)

As of: November 27, 2025

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1st Deputy Chair

Education

• 1983: Secondary-school leaving certificate from BG and BRG Wien XIV, Astgasse
• 1990: Studied business administration (focusing on controlling, accounting, and financial law) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Mag.rer.soc.oec.)
• 1994: State-certified management consultant (WK Vienna)
• 2015: Studied history (focus on medieval studies), University of Vienna, (BA, MA)
• Graduate of programs at Columbia University, N.Y., and Harvard Business School

Professional career:

• 1990: Austrian Business Consulting (BDO Austria), auditing and tax consulting
• 1992 - 1993: BDO Binder S.A., Madrid
• 1996: Managing Director Deloitte Consulting Austria
• 1997: additionally Managing Director Deloitte Consulting Switzerland
• 1998 - 2003: Global Partner, Deloitte Consulting, Managing Partner Deloitte Consulting Austria
• since 2003: Managing Partner Beyond Holding GmbH and Beyond Consulting GmbH (formerly Deloitte Consulting GmbH)
• 2010 - 2011: Head of Consulting, PwC PricewaterhouseCoopers Austria, Vienna
• 2015 - 2020: General Manager, Barmherzige Brüder Hospital, Vienna
• 2019 - 2022: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Staatsholding Österreichische Beteiligungs AG (“ÖBAG”)
• Since 2020: Chairman of the Economic Council of Statistics Austria
• Various other supervisory board, advisory board, and foundation board positions

Other current positions and activities:

• Lecturer at the University of Vienna on the topics of strategy and business policy

As of: March 1, 2023

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2nd Deputy Chair

Education

Peter Strohschneider is a retired professor of medieval German studies at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. He studied German language and literature, history, law, sociology, and political science in Munich, where he earned his doctorate in 1984 and his habilitation in 1991.

Professional career

1992 he became a full professor of medieval German studies at the Technical University of Dresden and, in 2002, at LMU Munich. From 2006 to 2011, he chaired the German Council of Science and Humanities, and from 2013 to 2019, he was president of the German Research Foundation. From 2020 to 2023, he headed the Future Commissions on Agriculture set up by the German federal government, and in 2024 he served as Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission and chair of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture. He has declined offers from Tübingen and the Free University of Berlin. Visiting professorships and fellowships have taken him to the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Paris), Freiburg i.Br., Frankfurt a.M., and the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin.

Other functions and awards (selection)

He was awarded the German Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2010. He has been and continues to be a member of numerous national and international institutions and committees, including the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, the Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences, and the Academia Europaea. In addition to practical science administration and policy, as well as publishing activities with the science system, Peter Strohschneider's main areas of literary research are cultural studies of the Middle Ages, the theory of pre-modern texts, and narrative literature and song poetry of the Middle Ages and early modern period.

As of: February 10, 2026

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• Born on September 26, 1956, in Mannheim

Professional training and academic degrees

• 1993: Habilitation (venia legendi for sociology), Free University of Berlin, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences I.
• 1989: Ph.D. (social sciences), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
• 1987: M.A. (Social Sciences), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
• 1984: M.A. (Social Sciences), University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
• 1983–1984: Graduate studies (Sociology, Economics, Statistics), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
• 1982: Diploma (Sociology and Social Psychology, minor in Psychology), University of Mannheim.

Professional Career

• Since 2012: Honorary Professor of Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin
• Since 2007: Professor of Sociology of Education and Labor Market Research at Humboldt University of Berlin
• 2007 – 2024: President of the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
• 2003 – 2007: Director of the Department for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg
• 1996 – 1997: Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA, USA
• 1992–2007: Professor of Sociology at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (on a leave of absence from February 2003 to February 2007)
• 1991–1992: Fellow at Harvard Business School, Program for Organizational Behavior, Cambridge, MA, USA
• 1988–1991: Research assistant, Max Planck Department for Human Development, Berlin
• 1984–1988: Research assistant at Harvard University, Center for Educational Sciences, University of Wisconsin
• 1981–1983: Research assistant, Center for Surveys, Methods, and Analysis (ZUMA), Mannheim

Awards and appointments (selection)

• 2009: Communicator Award – Science Award of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
• 2012: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
• 2013: Federal Cross of Merit First Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2013: Schader Prize of the Schader Foundation, Darmstadt
• 2014: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tampere
• 2017: Thomas Mann Fellowship from Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V.
• 2022: Marie Juchacz Women's Prize from the Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate (Malu Dreyer)
• 2022: Chair of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council under the German Presidency
• 2024: Trailblazer Award from Berlin International University for pioneering work in the field of integration
• 2025: Awarded the August Bebel Prize by the August Bebel Foundation

Membership in academies

• 2004: Appointed full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, member of the Council of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 2020
• 2007: Appointed member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle
• 2010: Appointed as a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
• 2011: Elected as a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
• 2020: Scientific member of the Council of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences
• 2021: Appointed as a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Membro della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze Sociali)

Membership in committees and advisory boards (selection)

• 2011: Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Children and Youth Foundation
• 2012: Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Economy Foundation, Berlin
• 2014: Member of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum, Federal Foreign Office
• 2016: Member of the Supervisory Board of Berliner Stadtreinigung BSR
• 2017: Member of the editorial board of the weekly newspaper “DIE ZEIT”
• 2017: Member of the Council of the Young Academy at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 2022: Member of the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Department, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
• 2023: Member of the Founding Commission of the Technical University of Nuremberg
• 2023: Member of the International Advisory Board, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
• 2023: Chair of the Board of Trustees of the German League for Children e.V.
• 2023-2025: Chair of the Board of Berlin Research 50 e.V., an association of non-university institutions in Berlin
• 2023: Member of the University Board of the University of Vienna, Austria
• 2024: Chair of the Scientific Commission of Lower Saxony (WKN), appointed by Minister President Stephan Weil
• 2024: Member of the German Ethics Council, appointed by the President of the German Bundestag, Bärbel Bas
• Since 2025: Member of the Presidium of Plan International
• Since 2025: Member of the Scientific Commission of the Science Council
• Since 2026: Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Einstein Forum” Foundation, Potsdam

Main areas of activity

• Education
• Labor market
• Gender
• Social inequality
• Social policy
• Sociology of the life course

As of: February 10, 2026

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University education

• 1993–1996: University of Bremen, Germany Doctorate in Biology
• 1986–1992: University of Hamburg, Germany Diploma in Biology

Scientific career

• Since May 2025: President and CEO Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Department (MBARI), Moss Landing, California, USA
• 2017–2025: Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Marine and Polar Research (AWI)
• 2019–2020: Vice President of the Helmholtz Association, Coordinator of the Earth and Environment Department
• 2012-2018: Vice Director of the MARUM Cluster of Excellence, University of Bremen
• Since May 2010: External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
• Since March 2009: Professor of Geomicrobiology, University of Bremen
• Since Dec. 2008: Head of the HGF-MPG Bridge Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology
• June 2008 - Dec. 2008: Professor of Microbiology, Jacobs University Bremen
• Since Nov. 2003: Head of the “Microbial Habitats” working group, Max Planck Department for Marine Microbiology, Bremen
• September 2003 - June 2008: Professor of Microbiology (Associate Professor), Jacobs University Bremen
• September 2001 - September 2003: Professor of Microbiology (Assistant Professor), International University Bremen
• February 2001 - October 2003: Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven
• June 1999 - Jan. 2001: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, postdoctoral researcher, visiting scientist since 2001
• 1996 – 1999: Department for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, postdoctoral researcher
• 1993–1996: Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, doctoral student
• 1990–1992: Department for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Research, Hamburg, student assistant
• 1989–1990: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California, USA, student assistant

Honors/Awards/Grants and Scholarships (selection)

• 2025: Senate Medal for Art and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
• 2024: Order of Saint Charles, Monaco
• 2024: Culture Prize, Eduard Rhein Foundation
• 2023: Ernst Ludwig Winnacker Prize, Bayer Foundation
• 2023: University Teacher of the Year, German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV)
• 2022: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Prize, Stifterverband and National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• 2022: Arctic Circle Prize for the Alfred Wegener Institute and the MOSAiC expedition
• 2022: Holder of the Johannes Gutenberg Endowed Professorship
• 2021: Mercator Professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• 2021: Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
• 2019: Corresponding Member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society
• 2019: Erna Hamburger Award, Wish Foundation EPFL Lausanne
• 2019: Recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 2019: LeibnizRingHannover
• 2019: Cody Award in Ocean Sciences
• 2018: German Environmental Award
• 2018: 2018 Communicator Award from the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• 2018: Vernadsky Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• 2017: Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research
• 2017: Copernicus Medal
• 2017: Gauss Medal, Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
• 2016: Elected member of the European Academy of Sciences
• 2010: Member of the Science Council
• 2010: External scientific member of the Max Planck Society
• 2009: Distinguished Professor at Jacobs University Bremen
• 2009: Elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (Geology Section)

Research

Expertise: Professor of Earth System Sciences with a focus on polar research, marine research, biogeochemistry, microbiology, ecology

As of: December 19, 2025

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Education and academic career

• 1964-1966: “Classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles” at Lycée du Parc in Lyon;
• 1966-1969: Studied at École polytechnique and awarded the title “Ingénieur de l'École polytechnique”;
• 1974: Thèse d’État in mathematics (differential geometry), Université Paris 7;
• 2008: Honorary doctorate from Keio University, Japan;
• 2011: Honorary doctorate from Nankai University, China;
• 2018: Honorary doctorate by Edinburgh University, Scotland;
• 2022: Honorary doctorate by the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania;
• 2023: Honorary doctorate by the University of Primorska, Slovenia;
• 2023: Honorary doctorate from Warwick University, England.

Professional activities

• 1969-2013: Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) (stagiaire, attaché, maître de recherche, directeur de recherche up to classe exceptionnelle);
• September 1972-June 1973: Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, United States;
• Summer 1973, Summer-Fall 1980, Fall 2013: Visiting Professor, Stanford University, United States;
• September 1976-June 1977: Guest, SFB 40 at the University of Bonn, Germany;
• Spring 1979, Summer 1993: Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, in Osaka in 1979 and at Tohoku University, Sendai in 1993;
• Winter-Spring 1980: Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, United States;
• 1986-2012: Professor of Mathematics at École polytechnique (full-time 1986-1994 and later part-time), France;
• 1994-2013: Director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) in Bures-sur-Yvette, France;
• Since 2012: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Basic Science, Daejong, South Korea;
• Since September 1, 2013: Honorary Professor Nicolaas Kuiper at IHÉS; Director of Research Emeritus at CNRS;
• 2014-2019: President of the European Research Council (ERC);
• July 2020-August 2021: Interim President of the ERC;
• Since 2020: Member of the International Advisory Board of the Research Department in the Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto, Japan;
• Since 2022: Member of the International Advisory Board, University of Helsinki, Finland;
• Since 2023: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Southern Denmark.

Other functions (selection)

• 1990-1992: President of the Société Mathématique de France;
• 1995-1998: President of the European Mathematical Society (EMS);
• 1997: Founding member of the EuroScience association;
• 2004-2014: Various roles in committees of the EuroScience Open Fora;
• 2007-2011: Member of the Scientific Council of the European Science Foundation;
• 2008-2012: Member of the University Council of the University of Bonn, Germany;
• 2010-2016: Member of the United Nations University Council, headquartered in Tokyo;
• Since 2021: Chairman of the University Council of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany;
• Since 2021: Treasurer of the Fondation CNRS, France;
• Since 2021: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris, France;
• Since 2022: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the International Centre for Mathematics in Ukraine (ICMU).

Awards and honors (selection)

• 1977: CNRS Bronze Medal;
• 1987: Paul Langevin Prize awarded by the Académie des Sciences de Paris;
• 1995: elected member of the Academia Europaea;
• 1997: Prize of the Rayonnement Français pour les sciences mathématiques et physiques, awarded by the Académie des Sciences de Paris;
• Since 2001: Foreign Member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences;
• Since 2005: Honorary Member of the London Mathematical Society;
• Since 2017: Honorary Member of the German Mathematical Society;
• Since 2017: Foreign member of the Portuguese Academy of Sciences;
• Since 2019: Honorary member of the Polish Mathematical Society;
• Since 2022: Foreign member of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Catalonia;
• 2022: Gold and Silver Star of the Rising Sun Order awarded by the Japanese government;
• Since 2024: Honorary member of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society.

Main areas of activity

• Mathematics, in particular differential geometry and global analysis;
• Theoretical physics, in particular general relativity and gauge theories;
• European framework programs for research.

As of: December 19, 2025

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Education

• Until 2009: Studied German language and literature(focus: German as a second or foreign language)

Professional career

• Since 2019: Director and publisher of Momentum department & moment.at
• Until 2019: Commercial director and program director at Austrian publishing houses Czernin Verlag (until 2012) Brandstätter Verlag (until 2019)
• Since 2020: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Volunteer work

• Since 2008: Director of the political congress “Momentum” Conference for Critical Science and Politics
• Since 2015: Co-initiator of the association “Vienna Ball of Science”

Other functions

• 2013 - 2023: University Council member at the University of Salzburg
• 2006 - 2010: Foundation Council member of ORF and Public Council member
• 2005 - 2007: Chair of the Austrian National Union of Students

Various activities

• 2013: Austrian Cultural Forum in New York (USA) Library management
• 2006–2008: Teacher Contract employee of the Vienna City School Board

Various qualifications

• 2011: Business administration for managers (German Book Trade Academy)
• 2001–2002: Trainer training at the Renner Institute
• Since 2001: Seminars and training courses on conflict management, campaign planning, social policy, media policy, moderation, and presentation

Public Speaking

• Since 2007: Ongoing lecturing and public appearances on the thematic areas of economic policy, science and education policy, feminism, participation, and society

Book and articles (selection)

• 2012: Author of “Das Ende der Krawattenpflicht” (The End of the Tie Requirement) together with Sylvia Kuba
• 2011: ‘Solidarität’ (Solidarity) Editor, author Contributions for a just society. Volume 3, Vienna. Together with Josef Weidenholzer (ed.)
• 2011: “Von Riesen und Zwergen” (Of Giants and Dwarfs) On structural change in the book trade in Germany and Austria, Munich.
• 2010: “Freedom” Contributions to a democratic society. Volume 2, Vienna. Together with Josef Weidenholzer (ed.)
• 2009: “Justice” Contributions to social, education, and economic policy. Volume 1, Vienna. Together with Josef Weidenholzer (ed.)

As of: March 1, 2023

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Education

• 1995–1997: Doctoral studies at Johannes Kepler University Linz
• 1994–1995: Studies at Groupe ESC Nantes Atlantiques, France – Awarded an ERASMUS mobility scholarship from the Austrian Academic Exchange Service (ÖAD)
• 1991–1995: Studied commercial sciences; graduated from Johannes Kepler University Linz
• 1989–1991: International Department of Tourism and Management, Krems; graduated with a diploma in tourism
• 1981–1989: Bundesrealgymnasium Wels

Professional career

• Since 2026: Member of the Styrian Research Council
• Since 2025: Member of the Supervisory Board of PORR AG
• Since 2023: University Councilor at the University of Vienna
• Since 2023: Member of the Supervisory Board of Lebensraum Tirol Holding GmbH
• Since 2023: Member of the ÖBAG Investment Committee
• Since 2020: Member of the Supervisory Board of NÖ Kulturwirtschaft GmbH
• Since 2019: Member of the Supervisory Board of Erste Group Bank AG (member of the Risk Committee, IT Committee, Strategy Committee)
• Since 2004: Managing Director of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
• 2000–2004: Policy advisor to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labor, Dr. Martin Bartenstein
• 1997–2000: Federation of Austrian Industries (IV)

As of: January 8, 2026

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Education

• 1980 - 1992: Elementary school and high school in Mödling, Lower Austria; graduation in June 1992
• 1992 - 1997: Studies in law at the University of Vienna; graduated with a Master of Laws degree on March 13, 1997
• 1997–1999: Doctoral studies in law at the University of Vienna; doctoral degree on March 19, 1999. Doctoral thesis: “Insurance contracts in value added tax law and insurance tax law,” published by Orac, 2000

Professional activities

• 1994 - 1997: Assistant at the Department for Legal History at the Faculty of Law, University of Vienna
• 1997 - 1998: Court practice, Mödling District Court, Lower Austria
• 1998 - 1999: Civilian service with the Red Cross
• 1998 - 1999: Tax consulting/auditing, Vienna
• 1999 - 2001: General assistant to the Executive Board at Anker Insurance/Helvetia, Vienna
• 2002 - 2007: Managing Director, Postbus GmbH (from 2005), Vienna; previously authorized signatory and Head of Legal Affairs
• since 2007: General Manager, KHM-Museumsverband, Vienna

Other functions (selection)

• Rector of the Neulandschulen department
• Vice President of the Summer University of the University of Vienna
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Institute Mauthausen Memorial
• Member of the Board of the Research Society for Art & Law
• Former President of the Vienna Society for Legal History
• Member of the Advisory Board of the Horten Collection
• Regular lecturing and teaching activities at the University of Vienna (currently suspended), Sigmund Freud University Vienna, and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

As of: March 1, 2023

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