born May 20, 1964 in Vienna/Austria
1982–1989 University studies in Law and in Political Sciences at the
University of Vienna and in Economics at the University of Economics and
Business Administration Vienna, LL.M. 1988
1989/1990
Postgraduate Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges/Belgium, Diploma
of Advanced European Studies 1990
1990–1992 Research assistent at
the Technology Assessment Unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (now:
Institute of Technology Assessment), Vienna
1991–1994 Lecturer at
the Research Institute for European Affairs of the University of
Economics and Business Administration, Vienna
Doctoral Programm at the
University of Vienna in law and in political science, Ph.D. in Law
January 1995
1994–1995 HCM-Fellow at the European Public
Policy Institute of the University of Warwick/England
1995
HCM-Fellow at the Department of Government of the University of
Essex/England
1995–1996 Lecturer at the Research Institute
for European Affairs, Vienna
1996–2005 Senior research at the
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Technology Assessment
1998-1999 Guest scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of
Societies/Germany
2004 Habilitation in science and technology
studies at the University of Vienna
since 2006 Director of the
Institute of Technology Assessment