| 1979-1984 | Sociology ("Diplom" in Sociology, 1984), Saarland University, Saarbrücken and Bielefeld University, Bielefeld |
| 1986-1990 | Postdoctoral Thesis (Doctor in Sociology) funded by the Hans Böckler-Foundation, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld |
| 1990-1998 | Senior Researcher and Lecturer, including the project Gendering Modernity - Social Rationalization and Gender Relations collaborating with the Columbia University, New York and the New York University, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 1998-1999 | Fellow, funded by the German Research Foundation, Graduate School Gender Relations and Social Change, University of Dortmund |
| 1999-2004 | Postdoctoral Thesis, funded by the German Research Foundation and Venia Legendi in Sociology, University of Hanover |
| 2003-2004 | Interim Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt |
| 2004-2008 | Lecturer and Senior Researcher, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ruhr University Bochum and University of Hanover |
| 2005 | Interim Professor, Ruhr University Bochum |
| 2008 | Maria-Goeppert-Mayer Guest Professor, University of Göttingen |
| since 2008 | Professor of Sociological Theory and Social Analysis and Head of Department, Department of Theoretical Sociology and Social Analysis, Institute of Sociology, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 2008 | Call of the University Potsdam (refused) |
| 2013 | Call of the Humboldt University of Berlin (refused) |
| 1982-1987 | Academic Studies, Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1987 | Master, Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1988 | Guest Researcher, Stockholm University, Stockholm |
| 1988-1999 | Lecturer, Summer University "informatica feminale", University of Bremen |
| 1990 | PhD, Technical Sciences, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| Guest Researcher, Institute of Computer Science Research, University of Toronto |
| 1991 | Junior Researcher, "Computer-Supported Decision Systems", Institute of Design & Assessment of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1992 | Guest Researcher, Work Research Institute, Oslo |
| 1992-1993 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Design & Assessment of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| 1993-1996 | Scholar, ÖAW - Austrian Academy of Sciences, awarded with the APART-scholarship (Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology) |
| 1996 | Venia Docendi, Applied Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| Associate Professor, Applied Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna |
| 2001 | Guest Researcher, Center of Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld |
| 2002-2004 | Guest Professor and Head of Department, Gender and Diversity in Organizations, WU Vienna University for Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2004 | Full Professor, Gender and Diversity in Organizations, WU Vienna University for Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2011 | Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics, London |
| 2014 | Visiting Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal |
| 1990-1995 | Master of Political Science, Publicity and Economics, University of Vienna and Georgetown University, Washington D.C. |
| 1995 | Assistant to a Member of Parliament |
| 1996-2004 | Expert, Unit for the European Social Fund, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Vienna |
| since 2004 | Expert, Unit for Women and Family Affairs, Vienna Chamber of Labour, Vienna |
