Head of the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, since 2024
Lecturer at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), since 2024
Researcher at BOKU, 2007-2023
Visiting Fellow - Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung, 2018
Doctoral student, BOKU, 2007-2010
Political Sciences, student, University of Vienna, 2001-2008
University College for Agricultural and Environmental Education, Vienna, 1-semester diploma degree, 2006
Agriculture Sciences, student, BOKU, 2000-2006
Main fields of work
- Scientific and financial coordination of the Federal Institute
- Integrative land use analysis
- Scenario development
- Climate change research
- Ecosystem services and biodiversity research
Participation in committees:
- Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics (ÖGA), board member, since 2012
- Österreichischer Biodiversitätsrat, member, 2022-2023
- Österreichischer Klimarat – member of the scientific advisory council, 2022
- APCC 2. Austrian Assessment Report, lead author Ch.02, since 2022
- Member of scientific advisory councils, e.g. LuWQ 2019 & 2022, ÖGA conferences, ICC-Austria annual conference, EAAE seminars
- Reviewer for scientific journals and research programs (e.g. Futures, Environmental Management, Science of the Total Environment, Agricultural Systems, Land Use Policy, Regional Environmental Change; Horizon Europe)
selected publications:
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3340-658X