| 1975-1979 | Studium der Geschichte und Anglistik, Universität Wien |
| 1979-1980 | Forschungsprojekt "Soziale und kulturelle Konflikte in der Donaumonarchie" |
| seit 1982 | Österreichischer Diplomatischer Dienst |
| 1982-1984 | Bundesgeschäftsführer des Management Clubs des Österreichischen Wirtschaftsbundes |
| 1984-1986 | Klubsekretär im Parlamentsklub der Österreichischen Volkspartei |
| 1986-1989 | Leiter des Ministerbüros im Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung |
| 1990-1995 | Generalkonsul der Republik Österreich in Krakau/Polen |
| 1995-1999 | Direktor des Österreichischen Kulturinstitutes in London |
| 2000-2003 | Leiter der Abteilung "Durchführung kultureller und wissenschaftlicher Veranstaltungen im Ausland" (Gesandter) in der Kulturpolitischen Sektion des Bundesministeriums für auswärtige Angelegenheiten |
| 2002-2010 | Botschafts Leiter der Kulturpolitische Sektion im Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten |
| 2007 | , 2008 Präsident von EUNIC (European Union National Institutes of Culture) |
| seit 2010 | Botschafter der Republik Österreich im Vereinigten Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland |
| 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 |
| 1967 | Graduation from Stockholm University, BA in philosophy |
| 1971 | -74 Secretary General of the parliamentary Commission |
| 1978 | -82 Director of the immigration policy Division of the Ministry of Labour |
| 1982 | -87 Secretary of State at the Ministry of Labour, deputy to Minister |
| 1983 | -87 chair in the OECD Working Party on Migration |
| 1987 | joined UNHCR as Senior Adviser to the High Commissioner for Refugees |
| 1991 | -93 Head of Secretariat to finding solutions to the asylum crisis in Europe as Coordinator for the Intergovernmental Consultations (IGC) |
| | consultant on international refugee and migration matters to the UN, ILO, UNESCO, OECD, IOM, Council of Europe and others |
| 1995 | -98 External Adviser to the Cabinet of the EU Commissioner responsible for immigration and asylum affairs |
| since 1993 | Director General of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna |
