| 1995-1999 | Study of Political Sciences, Communication Sciences, History, University of Vienna |
| 1999 | M.A., University of Vienna |
| 1999-2000 | Researcher. UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Vienna |
| 1999-2002 | Teaching assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 1999-2008 | Consultant, United Nations Organization, lectures on various UN-topics, United Nations Office in Vienna |
| 2001-2003 | Researcher, Office for Science of the City of Vienna; Holder, Forschungsstipendium der Stadt Wien |
| 2002-2004 | Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 2003-2005 | Leading Researcher, project "Reporting of Western Print Media about the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina", founded by the Austrian National Bank, Vienna |
| Researcher, Project of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) conducted within the NODE-framwork (Perspectives of the EU-Enlargement for the Western Balkans), Vienna |
| since 2003 | Various lectures, Workshops, Seminars, Media Activities in the USA, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Sweden, Turkey, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, China |
| since 2004 | Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| Lecturer on Western Balkans and European Integration at the postgraduate MA-studies "Balkan-Studies" |
| 2005-2006 | Research Analyst, Association Bosnia-Herzegovina 2005 |
| Project Leader and Senior Researcher, Project Design and Management, Coordination of Public activities in Austria, Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia; Title of the Project: Imaginations of Europe, Comparing Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, New Orientations for Democracy in Europe (NODE), Vienna |
| since 2006 | Director, Austrian Office of the Center for European Integration Strategies (CEIS) |
| | Lecturer, Department of Slavic Studies, University of Vienna |
| 2008 | Ph.D., University of Vienna |
| since 2008 | Senior Researcher and Co-Chief of Party, Project: Transformation and Democratization of the Balkans |
| | Co-Chief of Party, Project: Europäisierung von Bosnien-Herzegovina, Kroatien und Serbien. Interne Voraussetzungen und Folgen eines (Nicht)EU-Beitritts |
| | Coordination of the Research Platform "POTREBA" (www.univie.ac.at/potreba) |
| 2010 | Establisment and Co-Leading of the "Kosovo-Study-Group" dealing with the EU-performance in Kosovo and the Western Balkans |
| 2010-2011 | Austrian Marshall Plan Fellow, Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR), Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |
| 2010-2012 | Co-Chief of Party - Research Project "Demokratie in sozial unsicheren Räumen. Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Migration und Demokratie in Serbien" (together with Prof. Dieter Segert and Prof. Heinz Fassmann) |
| since 2011 | Non-Resident Senior Fellow, CTR, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2012 | Affiliated Researcher, Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) |
| Co-Director of Center for Advanced Studies, South East Europe |
| 1985-1989 | MA in Military and Social Sciences, Royal Military Academy, Brussels |
| 1989-2006 | Spec Ops Officer in the Belgian Armed Forces |
| 1992-1996 | MA in East European languages and cultures, Slavic studies, State University of Gent |
| 1992-2004 | Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, Royal Military Academy |
| 1997-2002 | Associate of the interim team of Mr. Chris Donnelly, special advisor to the Secretary General for Central and Eastern European Affairs at NATO |
| 1997-2004 | Doctor in the Arts, State University of Groningen, The Netherlands, |
| 2001 | Visiting Scholar, CREES - Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto |
| 2004 | Guest lecturer, Department of History, State University Gent |
| 2007 | Guest Researcher, Silk Road Program, Eurasian Department, Uppsala University |
| 2009-2010 | Guest Researcher, Faculty of Humanities, Department of European Studies (History, Archeology and Region Studies), University of Amsterdam |
| 2011 | Guest Researcher, Research Division Russian Federation/CIS, SWP - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin |
| 2012 | Independent Consultant and Strategic Advisor |
