| 1977 | PhD., International Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 | Dr. Sc., International Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1967-1979 | Research Fellow, Institute for World Economics Budapest |
| 1971 | Visiting Research Fellow, Kiel, Institute for World Economy |
| 1972-1973 | Visiting Professor, San Marcos University, Lima, Peru |
| 1977 | PhD on Andean Integration |
| 1979-1980 | Senior Research Fellow, Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest |
| 1981-1989 | Head of Department in the same institute |
| 1987-1989 | First Deputy Director, in the same institute |
| 1989-1991 | The World Bank, Trade Policy Division |
| since 1993 | Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges |
| since 1994 | Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Warsaw |
| 1996-1998 | Head of the Strategic Task Force on Integration into the European Union |
| since 1991 | General Director of the Institute for World Economics, Budapest |
| 2002-2003 | Visiting Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| since 2006 | European Online Academy, Berlin |
| since 2007 | ZEI, Master Course, Bonn |
| | Major fields of research activities: |
| | - major economic challenges in the era of globalisation (growth and job-creation, demography, migration, supply security), |
| | - the shifting balance of global economic power, with special reference to China, |
| | - global financial, economic and social crisis and its medium term consequences, |
| | - the post-crisis European integration: deepening, enlarging and global role, |
| | - economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe: retrospection after twenty years in regional comparison. |
| | Volkswirtschaftsstudium, Wien |
| | Freie Mitarbeiterin, "Salzburger Nachrichten" |
| ab 1988 | ORF-Hörfunk (Nachrichten, Innenpolitik, Wirtschaft) |
| 1992-1994 | ORF-Korrespondentin, Brüssel (während der öst. Beitrittsverhandlungen) |
| seit 1994 | ORF-TV, Wirtschaftsredaktion |
| seit 2001 | Leiterin, ZIB-Wirtschaftsredaktion |
| seit 2007 | Infochefin, ORF1 und stellvertretende Chefredakteurin; Moderation, "Pressestunde" |
