| 1979 | Lehramtsstudium Romanistik und Germanistik, Universität Innsbruck und Sorbonne (Paris); Mag.phil |
| 1980-1981 | Assistentin für Französische Linguistik an der Universität Innsbruck |
| 1981 | Rechtswissenschaften, Universität Innsbruck; Mag. und Dr. iuris |
| 1982 | Préalable und Eintritt ins BMfAA; Zuteilungen an die Konferenzabteilung (damals I.5) und die politische Abteilung für Afrika, Asien, Nahost (damals II.4); |
| 1983-1984 | Stage an der ÖB Kairo |
| 1985 | Versetzung an den Österreichischen Informationsdienst in New York; stv. Leiterin des Informationsdienstes und Presse-Rätin an der ÖV New York |
| 1991 | Religionswissenschaften, Fordham University, New York; M.A. |
| Versetzung an die ÖV New York; Betreuung der Wirtschafts- und Entwicklungsagenden; zeitweilig Stv. MCin; Rapporteur der 2. Kommission |
| 1994 | Betrauung mit der Leitung des Referats für internationale Frauenfragen; stv. Leiterin der damaligen Abt. I.6, stv. Ständige Vertreterin bei den VN in Wien; Vorsitzfunktionen (ECE-Konferenz, 1994; Weltfrauenkonferenz 1995) |
| 1995 | Betrauung mit der Leitung der internationalen Abteilung im Umweltministerium; umfassende bi- und multilaterale Zuständigkeit; Befassung mit EU-Agenden; erfolgreiche Anregung der österr. Initiativen im internationalen Energiebereich |
| 1998 | Ernennung zur Ständigen Vertreterin Österreichs bei den VN in Wien; Lancierung des Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (siehe www.gfse.at); Ko-Vorsitz bei den ersten globalen Energieverhandlungen (CSD-9); diverse Bürofunktionen bei den Organen der Wiener Organisationen |
| 2001 | Betrauung mit der Leitung des UNIDO-Büros in New York im Rang eines Assistant Director General for UN Affairs; Koordination der Teilnahme der UNIDO beim Weltgipfel für Nachhaltige Entwicklung |
| 2004 | Rückkehr in die Zentrale nach Erfüllung des Vertrags mit der UNIDO; Zuteilung zur Sektion VII; abteilungsübergreifende Unterstützung des HSL VII |
| seit 2005 | Leiterin der Sektion für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit |
| 1986 | Fulbright Scholarship for Latin American-Studies in New Orleans, USA |
| 1988 | Awarded for information on Third World Issues by the Austrian Conference of Catholic Bishops |
| Post-Doc-Scholarship for Advanced Research in South- and Central America |
| 1989-1991 | President of the Austrian Section of Amnesty International |
| 1990-1992 | Research Project of the Austrian Foundation for the Advancement of Scientific Research in Guatemala and Mexico |
| | Since 1991 Member of the Consultative Council of the Austrian Service for Information on Development Politics ÖIE |
| | Since 1992 Member of the International Political Sciences Association IPSA |
| | Since 1992 Member of the Austrian Political Sciences Association ÖGPW |
| 1993 | Consultant of the Austrian North-South-Institute in Guatemala |
| Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Guatemala |
| 1993-2010 | Member of the Board of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| 1994-1997 | Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology APART, Austrian Academy of Sciences (Central America, Caribbean, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia) |
| 1995-1998 | President of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| 1995-2007 | Academic Director of the Austrian Institute for Latin America |
| 1996 | Consultant of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Eastern Africa |
| 1998-2002 | Vice-President of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| | Since 1999 Founding Member of the International Advisory Board of the South Asian Institute for Peace Studies SAIPS, Nepal |
| 1999-2001 | Director of the International and Interdisciplinary Project "Networking Central-Eastern Europe and Latin America" |
| Academic Coordinator of the Festival "Feuerberge Tirol" |
| | Since 2000 Member of the Thematic Network on Humanitarian Development Studies, University of Deusto, Spain |
| 2001-2009 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Austrian Institute for Latin America |
| | Since 2001 Academic Director of the MA Program for Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation, University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2002-2005 | Member of the Academic Board "Latin American Studies" Danube's University Krems, Austria |
| Austrian Representative to the Comisión Directiva del Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales de América Latina (Member of UNESCO) |
| 2002-2010 | Board of Directors of the Austrian Association for Latin American Studies |
| | Since 2002 Member of TRANSCEND: A Peace and Development Network for Conflict Transformation by Peaceful Means |
| 2004-2006 | Austrian coordinator of the ERASMUS project Comunicación Intercultural en las Relaciones Económicas Internacionales Estudios Ibéricos y Latinoamericanos |
| Academic coordinator of REAL 2006 in the frame of the Austrian presidency of the EU |
| 2005-2006 | Austrian coordinator of the ALFA Project AMELAT XXI |
| | Since 2006 Member of the Advisory Council of the Galizan Institute for International Security and Peace Studies (IGESIP) |
| | Since 2007 Member of the International Advisory Council of the Project Paz y Conflictos en las Universidades Andaluzas e Iberoamericanas, University of Granada, Spain |
| | Since 2008 UNESCO Chairholder for Peace Studies at the University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| | Since 2008 Member of the Austrian UNESCO Commission |
| | Since 2011 Member of the Acadamic Advisory Board for Peace Research and Peace Education at the University of Klagenfurt |
| | Since 2013 Mentor and Advisory Board of Olympism4Humanity |
