| 2000-2005 | Law Studies, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld |
| 2006 | First Juristic State Examination, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld |
| 2008-2010 | Law refrendary, Second Juristic State Examination |
| 2010 | Junior Lawyer, Abu Dhabi |
| 2007-2011 | Promotion, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg |
| Lecturer, Law Faculty, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld; Centre for Religious Studies, Univeristy of Münster |
| 2011-2012 | Deputy Director, Legal Service, City of Gütersloh |
| | Since 2012 Postdoc, Centre for Islamic Theology, University of Münster |
| 2013 | Researcher, Al-Azhar University, Kairo; Amman |
| 2014 | Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge |
| 2010-2011 | First-aid attendant, Center for Heart Surgerey, Teheran |
| 2012 | Bachelor of Laws, Nour-e-Touba University, Teheran |
| 2013-2016 | Assistant, Notary's Office Mohammad Reza Janani, Teheran |
| 2014 | Master of Laws, Nour-e-Touba University, Teheran |
| since 2016 | Court Interpreter, Integration project, Magistrat 17, Vienna |
| 1973-1978 | Studies of law, University of Vienna |
| 1978 | Dr. iur., University of Vienna |
| 1976-1989 | Assistant, Institute of Civil Procedure, Institute of Public Law, Institute of Comparative Law at University of Vienna |
| 1982-1983 | LL.M.-studies, King's College London; LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science, London |
| 1988-1989 | Legal expert, ISDC - Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne |
| 1989 | Habilitation, Comparative Law and Private International Law, University of Vienna |
| 1989-1994 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Vienna |
| 1992 | Head of Department Europäische Integration, Austrian Parliamentary Administration / International Affairs, Vienna |
| 1995-1998 | Managing Director, IWB - Institute of Business Law, Bielefeld University |
| since 1998 | Chair Professor, Private International Law and Comparative Law, University of Vienna |
| 1999-2001 | LL.M.-studies; M.E.M. - Maître Européen en Médiation, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, Sion; Les Heures, University of Barcelona |
| 1999-2008 | Austrian delegate, CIEC - Commission Internationale de l'Etat Civil, Strasbourg |
| 2000 | Legal expert, Registered Partnerships, Legal Affairs Committee, German Bundestag, Berlin |
| 2000-2001 | President, CIEC - Commission Internationale de l'Etat Civil, Strasbourg |
| Legal expert on "Marriage, Cohabitation, (registered) Partnerships and same-sex Marriage in Continental Europe, under the UN-Pacts, EU-law and jurisprudence, and the case-law of the European Convention on Human Rights" Ontario Departement of Justice (CAN) |
| 2004-2014 | Professor, Pan European University Bratislava |
| 2009-2012 | Vice-Rector, Pan European University Bratislava |
| since 2008 | Head, Austrian National Committee IACL - International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris |
| since 2010 | Titular Member, IACL - International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris |
| 2008-2011 | President, ISFL - International Society of Family Law |
| 2009 | Legal expert, Centre of Private Law, Moscow |
| 2009-2017 | Founder; Head, IACPIL - Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law, Vienna |
| 2012-2018 | Adjunct Professor, UMAC - University of Macau |
| 2015 | Senior expert, Family and Succession law for the elaboration of a Family Law Code and Succession Law Code, Kosovo |
| | Studium Politikwissenschaft und Geschichte in Wien, Granada, Guatemala |
| 1995-1996 | Menschenrechtsbeobachterin in Guatemala |
| 1998-2002 | Pressesprecherin und Globalization Officer beim WWF Österreich |
| seit 2003 | Journalistin und Autorin mit den Schwerpunkten Globalisierung, Menschenrechte, Migration |
| Politikredakteurin beim Wirtschaftsmagazin Format |
| 2006-2008 | Recherchen, Beratung und Aufnahmeleitungen für den Dokumentarfilm "Let's Make Money" von Erwin Wagenhofer |
| 2007-2012 | Moderation, Club 2, ORF |
| 2010-2012 | Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin, News |
| seit 2012 | Moderatorin, Pro und Contra - Der AustriaNews Talk, PULS 4 |
| seit 2013 | Informationsdirektorin, Prosieben Sat1 PULS4 |
| 2013-2014 | Moderatorin, "Die letzten Zeugen" von Doron Rabinovici und Matthias Hartmann, Burgtheater Wien |
