Head of the Department of Rural Social Research and Library at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna/AT (since 2019)
Research associate at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna/AT (since 2019)
Research associate at the Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less Favoured Areas, Vienna/AT (1993-2018)
Doctoral studies in Regional Policy and Rural Sociology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (Dr.ⁱⁿ techn. 2000)
Studies of Sociology and Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna/AT (Mag.^asoc.oec. 1997)
Research associate at the Institute for Business Administration at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (1992-1993)
Journalist (1991)
Study of Agriculture specializing in Agricultural Economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (DIⁱⁿ 1990)

Main fields of work:

• Rural sociology
• Agricultural sociology
• Rural women and gender research
• Rural development
• Regional policy
• Political sociology
• Regional governance
• LEADER
• Networks and cooperation
• Social innovation
• Participation and inclusion

Participation in committees:

• Participation in the Gender Mainstreaming Working Group of the BMLRT (since 2011)
• member of the Research Advisory Board of the University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy (since 2014)
• manager of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics (since 2011)