Born 19 March 1948;
1966 - 1967 military service (reserve officers' training)
1967 - 1974 University studies (laws and political science), University of Vienna, LLD 1971; Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.) 1974
since 1972 Researcher and Instructor/lecturer at National Defense Academy (International Law, International Relations); foreign language studies (Italian, Serbo-Croat);
1980 - 1981 Research Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London
1983 - 1984 Resident Fellow, Institute for East-West-Security Studies, New York
since 1985 Lecturer at University of Vienna, Faculty for Political Sciences
1986-1998 Guest Lecturer, NATO-Defense College, Rome
1991-1995 Senior Assistant to the Director, CSCE/OSCE Conflict Prevention Center, Vienna
1996-1997 Expert in the Negotiations on Confidence- and Security Building Measures in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and OSCE-Mission to BiH (Sarajevo), Office for Regional Stabilization (arms control)
1998/05 Habilitation as University Docent (adjunct professor), University Vienna; specialized on International Relations/Security Policy
1998- 2001 Austrian Delegation to the OSCE; Delegate to the Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and to the Negotiations on Regional Arms Control “in and around Former Yugoslavia”
2002/04-2003/12 OSCE-Mission to BiH (Sarajevo), Deputy Director, Department for Security Co-operation (arms control and defense reform)
2006/01- 2007/07 Deputy Head of Mission (DHoM) and Head of Austrian Contingent (HoAUCON), European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), Sarajevo
Since 2007/11 Academic lecturer, Peace Support Operations Training Centre (PSOTC), BiH, Sarajevo
Academic experience:
Lecturer at the Austrian National Defense Academy, the University of Vienna, the Austrian Diplomatic Academy, NATO Defense College (Rome), NATO School/SHAPE (Oberammergau), the G. Marshall Center (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), The Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP), The Baltic Defense College (Tartu, Estonia), The Peace Support Operations Training Center (PSOTC, Sarajevo/BiH), etc.
Adjunct professor, University of Vienna
Associate Faculty Member, Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP); Baltic Defense College (BDC), Tartu (Estonia)
Guest lectures inter alia in the USA, the Middle East, in Central Asia, in China;
Numerous publications on European security policy, arms control, and South Eastern Europe; Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Defense Analysis, University Lancaster
Military experience (reserve) inter alia Deputy Director / Department for Security Cooperation (arms control and defence reform), OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Military expert/Austrian Delegation to the Negotiations on Regional Arms Control;
Chief military analyst, Kosovo Verification Mission Support Unit (KVM-SU), arms control branch, OSCE Vienna;
Head of analysis section/ Office for Regional Stabilization (arms control), OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Legal officer/Army High Command;
S-2/ mech brigade
Logistics officer/mech bn;
