Education: Princeton University, Princeton, N.J./USA and Universitaet Wien/Austria (Dr., 1968)

Career:

• 1967 Oesterreichisches Institut fuer Wirtschaftsforschung (Wifo), Wien (part-time)
• 1968-71 Univ. Assistent, Institut fuer Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universitaet Wien
• 1971-72 membre du cadre, Pont-à-Mousson S.A. (Saint Gobain S.A.), Nancy/France
• 1972-75 Univ. Assistent and Univ. Lektor, Universitaet Wien
• 1976-78 Univ. Dozent, Universitaet Wien
• 1977-78 Visiting Professor at Universitaet Graz/Austria and Université Fribourg/Switzerland
• Since 1978 (Full) Professor of Economics, Universitaet Wien
• 1980-82 Head of Department
• 1985-86 (fall term) Visiting Professor at Universitaet Linz/Austria
• Sept. 1990 - Jan. 91 Visiting Scholar, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C./USA
• 1992-93 (fall term) Visiting Professor at Universitaet Linz/Austria
• 1994-99 Director, Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies (Zentrum für Internationale und Interdisziplinäre Studien/ZIIS), Universität Wien
• 1995 (fall term) Visiting Professor of Economics at Georgetown University, Washington D.C./USA
• 1998 (spring term) Visiting Professor of Economics at University of Bratislava, Slovakia
• Since October 1999 Rector of the University of Vienna (reappointed 2003)
• Since January 2000 President of the Austrian Rectors´ Conference (reelected June 2001, March 2004)
• Since March 2001 Vicepresident and Member of the Board of the European University Association

Other Activities:

• Vicepresident and Member of the Board of the European University Association
• 1978-85 General Secretary, Austrian Economic Association
• 1985-99 Vice President, Austrian Economic Association
• Since 1974 lecturer and since 1985 member of the board of the Diplomatic Academy/Vienna
• 1990-98 member of the board of SUERF (Société Universitaire Européenne de Recherches Financières), Netherlands
• 1993-96 member of the Council of Scientists, INTAS-International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, European Commission, Brussels
• 1995-99 member of the TRM Panel, European Commission, Brussels
• 1997-99 member of the Senate of the University of Vienna Speaker and/or Chairmanat Conferences of the International Monetary Fund (April 1991, Oct. 1992, June 1993, October 1994), European Free Trade Association/EFTA (mission in Bulgaria: June 1994), OECD (May 1996), Euromoney Conferences (England), CEPR conferences etc.