| 1988 | Masters (Magistra) and 1992 PhD (Doktor), University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria |
| 1993 | , 1998, 2000 London School of Economics, Summer University |
| 1983-1990 | Freelance Journalist |
| 1988-1989 | Independent Researcher on Environmental Economics |
| 1989-1990 | Lecturer in Economics, University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna |
| 1992-1995 | Monetary Economist, Foreign Research Division, Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
| 1996-1997 | Policy Analyst for Pension Systems, DG Employment, European Commission |
| 1997-1999 | Policy Analyst, Unit Structural Actions, DG Budget, European Commission |
| 1999-2004 | Economic Analyst for Austria, DG Economics and Financial Affairs, European Commission |
| 2004-2006 | Senior Economist, Unit Conception and Analysis, DG Regional Policy, European Commission |
| 2006-2007 | Acting Head and Deputy Head, Unit Evaluation and Additionality, DG Regional Policy, European Commission |
| 2007-2009 | Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Danuta Hübner - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
| 2009-2010 | Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Pawel Samecki - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
| | Since 2010 Adviser and Member of Cabinet to Johannes Hahn - Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
| 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 |
| 1966-1971 | Comenius University, Faculty of Philosophy, Bratislava |
| 1970-1989 | Actress, Divadlo na Korze, Nová Scéna, Slovenské národné divadlo |
| 1990-1993 | Ambassador, Austria |
| 1993-2000 | Founder and Director of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) in Bratislava and Founder of two reviews on |
| | foreign policy issues |
| 1995-2002 | Founder and Director of marketing program of Czech Paralympics Team |
| 1998-2000 | Founder of "Citizen Eye" - NGO for election observation |
| since 2001 | Active collaborator of the International Visegrad Found |
| 2000-2005 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Slovak Republic to the Republic of Poland |
| 2005-2006 | State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic |
| since 2006 | Member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic |
| since 2007 | Founder and Head of the Board of NGO "Via Cultura" |
| 1996-1999 | Secretariat of the Regional Policy Committee, European Parliament |
| 1999 | Regional Policy Coordination Unit, Federal Chancellery of Austria |
| 2000-2003 | Secretariat of the Regional Policy and Transport Committee, European Parliament |
| 2003-2006 | Secretariat of the Environment Committee, European Parliament |
| 2006-2010 | Press Officer, Information Office Vienna, European Parliament |
| 2010 | Head, Information Office Vienna, European Parliament |
