| 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 |
| 1988 | Higher education, Tirana Scanderbeg Military Academy |
| 1988-1993 | Pedagogue, Tirana Scanderbeg Military Academy |
| 1993-1994 | Director of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence of Albania |
| 1994-1996 | NATO Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Albania |
| 1996 | Cabinet of the Minister of Defence of Albania |
| Graduate studies, Defence Resources Management, California |
| 1997 | Chairman, Euro-Atlantic Military Men and Women Forum |
| 2001-2003 | Secretary, Tirana Democratic Party Branch |
| 2003-2005 | Member, Tirana Municipal Council |
| 2004 | Law Degree, Justice Faculty, Tirana University |
| 2005 | Master Degree in European Studies, School of European Studies, Tirana University |
| Member, Democratic Party National Council, and Member, Central Leadership, Democratic Party National Council |
| 2005-2012 | Member of Parliament, Tirana |
| 2007-2009 | Minister of the Interior, Government of the Republic of Albania |
| 2009-2011 | Minister of Justice, Government of the Republic of Albania |
| 2011-2012 | Minister of the Interior, Government of the Republic of Albania |
| since 2012 | President of the Republic of Albania |
| 1995-2002 | BA (Hons); Post-graduate Academic Specialist Studies, Faculty of Philology, Belgrade University |
| 1999-2002 | Journalist, Radio Free Europe |
| 2000 | Short-term Assistant, Transparency International |
| 2002 | Freelance Journalist and Fixer, Studio B, Blic, National Public Radio, New York Times |
| 2002-2003 | Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Stability Pact for SEE |
| 2003-2004 | Journalist, Mreza Production Group |
| 2004-2006 | Project Coordinator, Media Fund, European Agency for Reconstruction |
| 2006-2007 | Programme Manager, Minority Media Training and Reporting Project, BIRN - Balkan Investigative Reporting Network |
| since 2007 | Serbia Country Director, BIRN - Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, Belgrade |
