| 1987 | Doktor rer.soc.oec. (Ph.D. in Economics), Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck |
| 1995 | Venia Docendi, Economic Policy and Public Finance, University of Vienna |
| 1997-2001 | Professor of Public Economics, University of Saarland; Director of European Institute, Economics, University of Saarland |
| since 2001 | Professor of Public Economics and Director of FGN-HSG, University of St. Gallen |
| 2012-2014 | Director, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| since 2015 | Director, Wirtschaftspolitisches Zentrum, St. Gallen |
| 1978 | Ph.D., University of Vienna |
| 1979-1989 | Research Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| 1980-1998 | Lecturer, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and University of Vienna |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Professor, University of Bamberg |
| 1986 | , 1989 and 1997-1998 Visiting Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1988-1989 | Visiting Professor, University of Frankfurt am Main |
| 1989-1997 | Lecturer, Technical University, Vienna |
| 1990-1992 | Director, Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Science |
| 1992 | Visiting Professor, University of Zurich |
| 1992-2003 | Head, Department of Demography, Humboldt University, Berlin |
| 1995 | , 1997 Visiting Professor, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt |
| 2000-2001 | Visiting Professor, University of Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Senior Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics of Finance, Technical University, Vienna |
| since 2003 | Senior Fellow, HWWI - Hamburg Institute of International Economics |
| since 2005 | Senior Researcher, Erste Group Bank AG |
| 2008-2010 | Member, Reflection Group Horizon 2020-2030, European Union |
| since 2009 | Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Center, Washington, D.C. |
| since 2010 | Visiting Professor, University of St. Gallen |
| Member of the Advisory Committee, Alpbach Financial Market Symposium, Vienna |
| 1997 | Paediatrician |
| General Practitioner |
| 1998-2010 | Staff Representative, National Union of Municipal Employees (GdG), released from duties |
| 1999-2006 | Member, Council of the Vienna Medical Association, Vienna |
| 2001-2007 | Chair, Personnel Group Committee of Doctors, National Union of Municipal Employees |
| 2002 | Degree Programme, Hospital Management, WU Vienna University of Business and Economics, Vienna |
| 2003 | Master of Advanced Studies (MAS), Health Management Programme, Danube University Krems |
| 2003-2006 | Specialist Adviser to the General Committee, Vienna Medical Association |
| 2003-2010 | Chair, Doctors' Working Group, ÖGB Austrian Trade Union Federation |
| 2004-2012 | Vice-President, BSA Association of Social Democrat University Graduates, Intellectuals and Artists |
| 2004-2011 | Chair, Austrian Social Democrat Doctors' Group |
| 2005-2009 | Women's Chair, BSA Association of Social Democrat University Graduates, Intellectuals and Artists |
| 2006-2014 | Spokeswoman Health (until 2013), and Spokeswoman Social Affairs (from 2013), Parliamentary Social Democratic Party, Austrian Parliament |
| 2007-2010 | Deputy Chair, Personnel Group Committee of Doctors, National Union of Municipal Employees |
| 2009-2014 | Vice-President, ÖGB Austrian Trade Union Federation |
| 2011-2014 | Deputy Chair, Austrian Social Democrat Doctors' Group |
| since 2014 | Austrian Federal Minister of Health |
| 1985-1990 | Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Wien |
| 1991 | English Law and Legal Methods, Universität Cambridge |
| 1991-1995 | Doktorratsstudium Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Wien |
| 1992-1999 | Bezirksstellenreferent, Wirtschaftskammer Niederösterreich, Tulln, Stockerau |
| 1999-2000 | Referatsleitung (Präsidialabt), Wirtschaftskammer Niederösterreich, Wien |
| 2000-2006 | Kabinettchef des Bundeskanzlers, Bundeskanzleramt Wien |
| 2007 | Kabinettchef der Bundesministerin, Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Jugend und Familie, Wien |
| 2008 | Direktor, Geschäftsbereich Grundsatz, Pensionsversicherungsanstalt, Wien |
| seit 2009 | Generaldirektor, Pensionsversicherungsanstalt, Wien |
