1980 | Dr. iur. Johannes Kepler University Linz |
1998 | Ph.D. in International Relations, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva |
1979-1980 | OLT d.Res., Special Assistant to the Commander, Austrian National Defense Academy, Vienna |
1981-1982 | Assistant to Professor Dusan Sidjanski, Department of Political Science, University of Geneva |
1981-1984 | Temporary Collaborator, ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , Studio at the United Nations, Geneva |
1982-1985 | Senior Research Assistant to Professor Curt Gasteyger, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva |
1985 | Visiting Scholar, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA |
1985-1987 | Research Fellow, Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
1986-1987 | Nonresident Tutor at Eliot House, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA |
1987-1989 | Visiting Fellow, Center of International Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
1989 | Founding Chair, Liechtenstein Colloquium, LCM - A private diplomacy forum |
1988-1991 | Lecturer in Politics, Department of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
1989-1992 | Member, "Working Group Europe 1992," The Council on Foreign Relations, New York |
1991-1998 | Member, Team Europe of the Commission of the European Union, Washington, D.C. |
since 1992 | Instructor in Politics and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
1995-2000 | Founder, Liechtenstein Research Program on Self-Determination at Princeton University, LRPSD |
since 2000 | Founding Director, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, LISD, Princeton, NJ |
1978 | B.A. (magna cum laude) in 1978 from Columbia College, Columbia University |
1980 | M.Phil. Degree in International Relations, Balliol College, University of Oxford |
1981-1983 | Vice Consul, U.S. Consulate, Matamoros |
1983-1984 | Vice Consul, U.S. Consulate, Oporto |
1984-1985 | Political Officer, U.S. Embassy, Lisbon |
1985-1986 | Staff Assistant, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
1986-1987 | Desk Officer for Spain and Portugal, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
1987-1989 | Executive Assistant to the Special Negotiator for Greek Bases Agreement, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
1989-1991 | Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for International Security Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
1991-1994 | Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, Maputo |
1994-1996 | Deputy Director, Office of Regional Political Affairs, Bureau of European and Canadian Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
1997-2000 | Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Sofia |
2000-2001 | Chief of Mission, U.S. Office, Pristina |
2001-2004 | U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Angola |
2004-2007 | Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe |
2007-2009 | Deputy Chief of Mission at U.S. Embassy Kabul |
2009-2012 | Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo |
1982 | Environmental Officer Burkina Faso |
1984-1989 | Deputy Director of Agriculture Development Office in Niger |
1989-1992 | Deputy Director of Agriculture Development Office in Haiti |
1992-1995 | Director of the Food and Agriculture Office at the Bangladesh Mission |
1995-1997 | Supervisory General Development Officer in Mali |
1997-2002 | Office Director for Human and Institutional Development at USAID s Ethiopia Mission |
2002-2005 | Deputy Mission Director in Mali |
2005-2007 | Mission Director in Rwanda |
2007-2011 | Mission Director in Senegal |
2011-2012 | Mission Director, South Sudan (First USAID Mission Director to the new nation of South Sudan) |
1962-1968 | Student of history and German philology and literature at the University of Vienna, 1968 Promotion to Doctor of Philosophy (major in modern European history) |
1969-1973 | Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna |
1973 | Entry into the Austrian Foreign Service |
1975-1978 | Minister Counselor at the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, New York |
1983-1992 | Foreign Policy Advisor to the Austrian Federal Chancellor |
1992-1999 | Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to France |
1997-1999 | Ambassador of the Republic of Austria at the Court of St. James |
1999-2003 | Director General for European Integration and Economic Affairs in the Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
2003-2008 | Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States of America, Permanent Observer of the Republic of Austria to the Organization of American States (OAS), Non-resident Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas |
2009 | Appointment as President of the Austrian UNESCO Commission |
2013 | Appointment as Chair of the University Board of the University of Vienna |
1978 | Dr. jur., University of Innsbruck |
1979 | Diploma in International Relations, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Center |
1981 | Research Assistant, UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva; Certificate International Court of Justice, Research Session, The Hague |
1982-1985 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Western Africa, Abidjan |
1985-1989 | Austrian Deputy Trade Commissioner for Japan, Tokyo |
1985 | Diplôme de Hautes Etudes Internationales, IHEID - The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva |
1990-1992 | Counsellor, Economic Affairs, Austrian Permanent Mission to the GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Geneva |
1992-1997 | Deputy Director General, Department for European Integration and Trade Policy, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Vienna |
1995-1998 | Co-Chair (trade) of the Joint Session of Trade and Environment Experts, OECD, Paris |
1996 | Panelist of a WTO Dispute Settlement Panel (US/Canada - Split Run Editions) |
1997-1998 | Minister-Counsellor, Head of the Industrial and Commercial Affairs Section, Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, EESC Counsellor - European Economic and Social Committee of the EU, Brussels |
1998-2002 | Counsellor, ASEM - Asia-Europe Meeting, European Commission, Directorate-General for External Relations, Brussels |
2002-2007 | Minister, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to Japan, Tokyo |
2005 | Adjunct Professor for International Politics, University of Innsbruck (Dozent f. internationale Politik) |
2007-2011 | Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein, Bern |
2012-2016 | Principal Advisor, Asia-Pacific Department, European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels |
since 2017 | Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea, Seoul |
1980 | Bachelor of electrical engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, California |
1980-1985 | Research engineer, Applied Acoustics, Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, California |
1985-1989 | Research assistant and post-doctoral candidate, University of California, San Diego, California |
1988 | Master of electrical engineering, University of California, San Diego, California |
1989 | Doctorate of electrical engineering/applied ocean science, University of California, San Diego, California |
1989-1996 | Senior research engineer, Directorate of Engineering, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, California |
1996-1998 | Staff specialist, Naval Warfare Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense Acquisition and Technology, Washington, D.C. |
1998-2002 | Director, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, N.H. |
2002-2004 | Director for Research and Lab Management, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Washington, D.C. |
2004-2009 | Deputy Director, Directorate of Research and Development, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. |
2009-2011 | Deputy Director, Partnership Strategy, Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff J5, Washington, D.C. |
2011-2013 | Deputy Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs, and Logistics, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL |
| Promotion zum Doktor der Staatswissenschaften an der Universität St. Gallen |
| Post-graduate und post-doctoral Studies am Institut d' Études Politiques, Paris, und an der Harvard University |
seit 1983 | Auslandsredakteur und Auslandskorrespondent der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung in Jerusalem, Washington, London, Buenos Aires und Wien |
| Lehraufträge an der Universität Wien, Universität Innsbruck, Donau-Universität Krems, Fachhochschulen Wien und Graz |