He studied Political Science at the universities of Innsbruck (BA) and Vienna (MA). After a research year at the Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University, he is currently a Praedoc university assistant at EIF. His research at EIF deals with policy (in-)congruence of the populist radical right parties in the EU parliament.
Scholarship holder by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (academic year 2015/16): Tel Aviv University;
Internship at the Bureau for Security Policy of the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports (2013-14).