Education and Training                                   

1996 - 1999	Doctoral thesis on "Electoral behavior and electoral motives in the Principality of Liechtenstein"
1997	Extension studies in statistics at the University of Essex/England
1992 - 1993	Additional training as Marketing Planner
1980 - 1984	Studies in Political Science at the Free University in Berlin with a Diploma Degree
1977 - 1980	Undergraduate Studies in Political Sciences, Anthropology, and North American Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich

                                                                                                     

Career
since 2004	Research Fellow at the Liechtenstein Institute in Politics, since 2009 Head of Research Politics
2011 - 2018	Director of the Liechtenstein Institute
2000 - 2004	Managing Director of the Liechtenstein Adult Education Foundation
2000 - 2003	Research project "Media in Liechtenstein"
1996 - 1999	Research project "Electoral behavior and electoral motives in the Principality of Liechtenstein" (PhD thesis), and diverse freelance work in the fields of communications, opinion research and political science
1994 - 1995	Chief Editor at Radio L, Triesen
1985 - 1994	Director of the Liechtenstein Association for the Protection of the Environment
1984 - 1985	Department of Economic Affairs, Vaduz, Statistics Section

                                                                                                     

Activities in Advisory Boards
since 2017	Member of the Think Tank "DenkRaum Bodensee"
since 2016	Member in the List of Experts for the Human Dimension Mechanism appointed by OSCE Participating States (Moscow Mechanism)
2014-2017	Member of Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership on Community Education
since 2013	Member of the Group of Independent Experts on the European Charter of Local Self-Government
since 2012	Member of the EU Network of Independent Experts on Social Inclusion
since 2011	Member of the European Network of Academic Experts in the Field of Disability
since 2011	Member of the European Network of Legal Experts in the Anti-Discrimination Field
2011-2015	Member of the EU Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities Programme Committee
2011-2014	Member of the VOX Advisory Board, Switzerland
2009-2012	Member of the Advisory Board of the Liechtenstein Historical Association on Research Projects on Naturalisation

                                                                                                     

Other Activities
since 2002	Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Liechtenstein
1998 - 2002	Liechtenstein Representative at the Lake Constance Academy for Sustainable Development
2004 - 2008	President of the Liechtenstein Academic Society
1998 and 1999	Principal investigator at the "Alpine focus" summer academy of the Liechtenstein Polytechnic and the International Commission for the Protection of the Alps, CIPRA
Several Years	Moderating discussions at different events, e.g. prior to the popular vote on the European Economic Area (EEA)
Several Years	Teaching in adult education on social, political and environmental issues
Several Years	Member of national and local committees (nature conservation, fisheries, energy, waste disposal, etc.)
1985 - 1994	Representative of Liechtenstein to the Council of Europe's Naturopa-Center

                                                                                                     

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Languages	German (mother tongue), English, French