Deputy Head of Department at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research (Department of Rural Sociology and Library), 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 Less Favoured and Mountainous Areas, Vienna/AT(1989-2018)
Doctoral studies in Rural Sociology at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna/AT (Dr. 1993)
Studies of Landscape Planning at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (DI 1986)
Main fields of work:
- Rural sociology
- Regional and mountainous development
- Rural poverty and social inclusion
- Family business farms
- Social Capital
- Green Care - Farming for Health (Social agriculture)
- Rural and agricultural life-style patterns
Participation in committees:
- Coordinator of the Austrian Working Group for Rural Sociology
- Representative of the Rural Sociology Section within the Austrian Sociological Society
- Member of the Austrian Anti-Poverty Network
- Member of ASAP (Academics Stand Against Poverty)