Academic and Professional Background

• since 2009: Professor of Sociology at the BSEL (HWR Berlin), Department of General Administration
• 2009: Vice-President of the Austrian Society for Sociology (ÖGS, http://www.oegs.ac.at)
• 2008-2009: dean at the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Care of the University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten ( Baden-Württemberg)
• 2007-2009 Professor (W2) of Sociology at the University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten (Baden-Württemberg) at the Faculty of Social Work, Health and Care
• 1999 to 2007 head of the Institute for social research of Compass (Ex. social service) Graz / east. thereby, inter alia, Coordinator of the FP5 research project CARMA - Care for the Aged at Risk of Marginalization (QLK6 CT 2002-02341)
• 1997 to 1999 Erwin Schrödinger scholarship from the Austrian Fund for the Promotion of Scientific research at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA) from
• 1992-1998 Assistant at the Institute of Sociology, Department of Societal analysis and methods of empirical social research (o. Univ. Prof. Max Haller) of the University of Graz / Austria from
• 1996 PhD for Doctor rer.soc.oec.
• 1992 Graduation as Mag. Rer. soc. oec
• 1985-92 Studied sociology at the University of Graz / Austria
• 1966 born in Feldbach / Austria