| 1966 | B.A. Columbia University |
| 1971-1972 | Lecturer, New York University |
| 1972-1973 | Taught at Harvard University |
| 1973 | Ph.D. Columbia University |
| 1973-1974 | Fellow, Harvard University |
| 1974-1976 | Taught at Hacettepe University, Ankara |
| 1977-1986 | Taught at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 1983-1986 | Director, Middle East Center, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1985-1986 | Professor, University of Hamburg |
| 1986-1992 | Director of Education, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Paris and Geneva |
| 1992-1993 | Head, Ankara Corporate Affairs Office, Philip Morris International |
| 1994-1995 | Visiting Professor, University of Hamburg |
| 1994 | Initiated a policy dialogue on the future European architecture, Turkey s place in that architecture, EU enlargement, and the effects of the customs union agreement with Turkey. Based on that initiative he established, in cooperation with a broad network of European research institutes and universities, Turkey s EU Membership Observatory now based at the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University |
| 1995-1997 | Professor of Political Science, Bilkent, Ankara (also headed 1995-96 the Department of Political Science and Public Administration) |
| since 2007 | Senior Faculty, Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University |
| 1997-2001 | Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul |
| 2001 | Founding and Executive Board Member of the Istanbul Policy Center |
| 2004 | Visiting Professor, Northwestern University |
| 2004-2005 | Alexander Onassis senior fellow and visiting scholar at ELIAMEP: the Hellenic Foundation for European Foreign Policy, Athens |
| since 2009 | Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Academy, Washington. D.C. |
| | Geboren 1939 |
| | Juristisches Studium und Großes Juristisches Staatsexamen. Promoviert über "Raumordnung in Deutschland an der Universität in Kiel. |
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| | Nach Tätigkeit in der Landesregierung von Schleswig-Holstein ab 1970 Verwaltungschef der Stadt Altena (1978) |
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| | In dieser Zeit Präsidiumsmitglied des Deutschen Städte- und Gemeindebundes, Mitglied der Bund-Länder-Kommission für Bildungsplanung; zahlreiche Funktionen in Aufsichtsräten, in Verwaltungsräten und in Beiräten |
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| 1978 | 1994 Verwaltungschef im Ruhrgebiet (Region mit Großstädten, 4 kreisen, 5,5 Miio. Einwohnern). |
| | Funktionsbezeichnung: Verbandsdirektor des Kommunalverbandes Ruhrgebiet |
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| | Seit 1980 Lehrbeauftragter an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
| | Seit 1985 Professor im Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft/Sozialwissenschaften. |
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| 1981 | Gründer und von 1981 1996 Vereinsvorsitzender des Vereins pro Ruhrgebiet |
| | Seit Ende 1996 Ehrenvorsitzender dieser in Europa einmaligen Public-private-Partnership |
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| 1988 | Mitgründer und Koordinator des Initiativkreises Ruhrgebiet der deutschen Wirtschaft. |
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| 1990 | Gründer und Vorsitzender des Vereins pro Brandenburg . |
| | Seit 1994 Ehrenvorsitzender |
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| 1993 | Vorsitzender des Baltica Forums in Deutschland |
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| 1994 | Minister für Wirtschaft und Technologie des Landes Sachsen Anhalt |
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| 1995 | Vorstandvorsitzender des Institute for European Affairs (INEA) |
| 1967 | Doctorate in Law, University of Vienna |
| 1968-1973 | Assistant to Kurt W. Rothschild, Institute for General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1972-1973 | ACSL Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge |
| 1973 | Tenure-track professorship, General Economics and Public Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| Call to TH Darmstadt, Chair in Public Economics |
| 1974-1981 | Full Professor and Head, Institute of Finance, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1981-2008 | Full Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business (successor to Stephan Koren), partly on leave, Vienna |
| 2003-2005 | Vice Rector, Financial Affairs, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2008 | Honorary doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences, Alpen-Adria-University, Klagenfurt |
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| 1971-1979 | Member and later President, Governing Board of PSK - Österreichische Postsparkasse, Expert on cartel matters, Cartel Court of the Superior Land Court, Vienna |
| 1999-2003 | Vice-President and Member of the Management Committee, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg |
| 2006-2007 | Chief Executive Officer, BAWAG P.S.K. Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft Österreichische Postsparkasse Aktiengesellschaft |
| since 2008 | Governor, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank |
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| 1978-1999 | Member, Austrian Parliament |
| 1980-1987 | Deputy Chairman, Scientific Committee |
| 1985-1999 | Chairman, Finance Committee |
