Senior Researcher at the Federal Institute for Agricultural Aconomics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna, since 1997
Studies of Sociology, History and Political science at Universität Wien (M.Sc. 1996)
Main fields of work:
- Rural development
- Funding measures of the rural development program (rural road infrastructure, broadband supply, climate friendly mobility)
- Mountain areas and less-favoured areas
- Mobility in rural areas
- Services of general interest (social and economic infrastructure supply in rural areas)
- Sustainable, green tourism in Mountaineering Villages as implementation project of the Alpine Convention
Participation in committees:
- Participation in subcommittees of the Austrian Conference on Spatial Planning (ÖROK)
- Participation in diverse working groups focusing on regional statistics and/or economies