Education

• Studies of Economics at WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (completed in 1985)

• Foreign Studies in Great Britain and Spain

• Post-graduate Studies of Sociology at the Institute for Higher Studies Vienna

• Training in Integrative Gestalt Therapy - ÖAGG

• Training in Group Dynamics and Consulting (teaching trainer) – Austrian Society for Group Dynamics and Organizational Consulting

• Training in Bioenergetics

1996 Dissertation
Title: Hierarchie und Zeit in Gesellschaft und Organisationen (Hierarchy and Time in Society and Organizations)

2000 Habilitation (Post-doctoral qualification): Venia legendi for sociology

Title: Gesellschaftliche Funktionen und Einflussformen von Nonprofit-Organisationen – eine systemtheoretische Analyse (Functions and Types of Influence of Nonprofit-Organisations – a systems-theoretical analysis)

2000 Senator Wilhelm Wilfling-Prize for scientific achievements
 

Selected Projects: Consulting and Management training

• IMP (Institute for molecular pathology) & IMBA (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology) - Organizational Development

• Generali: Management training

  • NGO Academy: Leadership Seminars 

  • AMS Austria: Training course for managers

• Innovation in Politics Institute - strategy meeting

• Strategy development Vaillant

• Red Cross Austria (2008-2010): Development of guidelines and policy (Leitbild); Public Relation Reward (Staatspreis) in the category “internal communication”

• Dialog Association: Development of Leadership Culture (2010-2012)

• City Sankt Pölten - town council: Leadership Culture and Strategy (2010-1011)

• Baxter Bioscience R&D:  Organisational Development (2008-2009)  

• AMS Austria (Labour Market Service): Development and Implementation of Multi-Channel-Strategy (2008-2010)

• Steiermärkische Krankenanstalten GmbH (Hospitals Association): Integration, Management- und Organisation (2006-2007)

• Schönherr Attorneys at Law:  Post Merger Integration and Co-operation with CEE-offices  (2007-2010)

• BACA-Leasing: Integration, Commitment and Worksatisfaction (04-06)

Selected Research Projects

• MIND - Migration. INterconnectedness. Development. European Union, Austrian Development Cooperation. Caritas (2019-2020)

• Civicus Update: Framework conditions for Austrian civil society. IGO Austria (2018-2019)

• Third Europe: Fostering a new European profession – the Entrepreneurial Third Sector Leader. Erasmus+; Call: 2016 KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training (2017-2019)

• FAB-MOVE - For a Better Tomorrow: Social Entrepreneurship on the Move. EU RISE-program (2016-2019)

• Civil Society and Social Movements in Spain. WU Jubilee Foundation (2014-2019)

• The Contribution of the Third Sector to Europe’s Socio-economic Development. EU-FP7, EU-FP7 call SSH.2013.3.2-3 (2014-2017)

• Contributions of civil society to the management of the refugee crisis. Project of the BAG - Federal Working Group for Social Services (2015-2016)

• CIVICUS – Rapid Assessment. Framework Conditions for Civil Society in Austria. IGO (Interest Representation of Non-Profit Organisations) (2013-2014)

Current Positions

• Associate professor: Institute for Sociology and Empirical Social Research

• Scientific Head: Nonprofit and Social Entrepreneurship Competence Centre (2002-2018)

• Editor-in-Chief: VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

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