Dr. Axel BORSDORF Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Innsbruck; Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck
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| 1968-1974 | Geography, Geology, and German studies, plus pre- and early history at the universities of Göttingen, Valdivia/Chile and Tübingen. Academic teaching certificate for secondary schools. |
| 1976 | DPhil. in Tübingen (geography major, geology and German studies minor), thesis Valdivia und Osorno. Strukturelle Disparitäten in chilenischen Mittelstädten, published in the series Tübinger Geographische Studien |
| 1974-1980 | Academic assistant to the chair of Prof. Wilhelmy in Tübingen |
| 1980-1991 | Akademischer Rat at the Dept. of Geography in Tübingen |
| 1984 | Habilitation (post-doc thesis), Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der räumlichen Entwicklung Westpatagoniens published in the series Acta Humboldtiana, Franz-Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden. Venia legendi for the entire subject range of geography |
| 1986 | Guest professorship at the Department of Geography at the University of Oregon, Eugene |
| 1991 | Appointment to the Chair of Geography at the University of Innsbruck (successor to Prof. Leidlmair) |
| 1994 | Corresponding member, 1995 active Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1999 | Director of the ISR (Institute for Urban and Regional Research) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| since 2006 | Director of the Research Unit of Mountain Research: Man and Environment (now Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, at Innsbruck |
Mitgliedschaften
| Wirkliches Mitglied der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften | |
| Vizepräsident des Österreichischen Nationalkomitees der International Geographical Union (IGU) | |
| Mitglied des Österreichischen Nationalkomitees Earth System Sciences, Global Change | |
| Mitglied des Österreichischen Nationalkomitees zum Man&Biosphere Programme der UNESCO, Wien |
Publikationen
| Tappeiner, U., A. Borsdorf & E. Tasser (Eds.) 2008: Alpenatlas - Atlas Des Alpes - Atlante Delle Alpie - Atlas Alp - Mapping The Alps. Society - Economy - Environment. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag & Springer | |
| Borsdorf, A., G. Grabherr, K. Heinrich, B. Scott & J. Stötter (Eds.) 2010: Challenges For Mountain Regions - Tackling Complexity. Vienna: Böhlau | |
| Borsdorf, A. & O. Bender 2010: Allgemeine Siedlungsgeographie. Wien, Köln, Weimar: Utb, Böhlau | |
| Borsdorf, A., J. Stötter & E. Veulliet 2011: Managing Alpine Future Ii. Proceedings of The Innsbruck Conference November 21-23, 2011. Igf Forschungsberichte 4. Wien |
