1979-1981 | Deputy Project Manager, Media Effects in International Politic", Prof. Dr. G.W. Wittkämper, ZUMA - Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen, Münster |
1981-1983 | Scholar, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
1983 | Research Assistant, ZUMA - Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen, Mannheim |
1984-1988 | Post-Doc Research Assistant, DFG-funded research project "Reality Impartment by the Mass Media", Prof. Dr. W. Früh, ZUMA - Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen, Münster |
1985 | Ph.D., University of Siegen |
1989-1990 | Post-Doc Research Assistant, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Wildenmann, Forschungsstelle für gesellschaftliche Entwicklung, University of Mannheim |
1991-1994 | Project Management, "The Media: Simulation and Reality", Prof. Dr. Jochen Hörisch, Universty of Mannheim |
1998 | Habilitation, University of Mannheim |
| Lectureship, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster |
1998-2002 | Project Manager, Talkshow Analysis, Universty of Mannheim |
1999-2001 | Interim Professor, Communication Studies, University of Augsburg |
2001-2002 | Interim Professor, Media Studies, University of Düsseldorf |
2002-2004 | Interim Professor, Media Studies, University of Siegen |
2003-2004 | Visiting Professor, University of Vienna |
since 2004 | Professor, Communication Studies at University of Vienna |
2005-2011 | Director, Forum for Methods, Social Science Faculty, University of Vienna |
since 2012 | Director, Forum of Social Sciences, Center for Methods, University of Vienna |