| 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 |
| 1966-1970 | University of Salzburg, study of law (Dr. Iuris) |
| 1971-1978 | Paul Kiefel, Freilassing/Germany (1971-72), Export Department; Gerns and Gahler, Freilassing/Germany, Director for Export Promotion |
| 1978-1981 | P. Kaufmann Inc., New York, Sales Director for Europe |
| 1981-1983 | Gerns and Gahler, Freilassing/Germany, Chief Management Assistant |
| 1984 | Austrian Embassy, Madrid, Spain |
| 1984-1986 | Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department of Economic Affairs, Department of Political Affairs, Department of Consular Affairs |
| 1986 | Austrian Embassy, Dakar, Senegal, First Secretary |
| 1986-1987 | Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Co-operation |
| 1987-1990 | Austrian Embassy, Paris, Counsellor for Economic Affairs |
| 1990-1993 | Austrian Embassy, Paris, First Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission, Chargé d'Affairs a.i. |
| 1993 | Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Chief of Protocol |
| 1994-1995 | UN Chief of Protocol |
| 1995-2000 | State Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| 2000-2004 | Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria |
| since 2004 | European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Brussels |
| 2000-2001 | Researcher for the Austrian Historical Commission |
| 2001-2005 | Research fellow, Association for the Advancement of Social Sciences, Guatemala |
| 2005-2010 | Project director for Cold War Memory Studies, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and Public Spheres, Vienna |
| 2010 | Visiting professor for Global History, University of Vienna |
| 2011 | Visiting assistant professor / Mellon Scholar, University of Chicago |
| 2011-2012 | Executive secretary general, 54th International Congress of Americanists |
| 2012-2014 | Marshall Plan Chair, University of New Orleans |
| 2014-2015 | Alfonso Reyes Chair, Institute for Higher Latin American Studies (IHEAL), Sorbonne III, Paris |
