Studied communication science/political science (MA), law (MA) and sociology (Dr) at the universities of Vienna and Amsterdam and the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna/Department of Political Science.
After working as a Part-time Associate in a law firm (1996-98) and as an Assistant at the Institute of Criminal Law at the Vienna Law School (1998), he is currently a research fellow at EIF.
Lecturer at the University of Vienna (Institute of Government and at the postgraduate M.E.S.
Programme “European Studies”);
Board Member of the Austrian Political Science Association (OeGPW);
Member of the Editorial Board of the Austrian Journal of Political Science (OeZP).