Professional background:

• Diploma in Economics, University of Innsbruck, 1982
• PhD, School of Social Science and Economics, University of Innsbruck, 1989
• Associate Professor for Political Science at the University of Innsbruck, 1989–1998
• Visiting Fellow at San Diego State University/CA, Department of Women’s Studies (Schrödinger Scholarship), 1991–1992
• Habilitation venia legendi in Political Science, University of Innsbruck (Title: “Geschlechter, Gleichheiten, Differenzen”), 1995
• Visiting Professor with emphasize on Gender Studies at the University of Vienna in the Department of Political Science, 1996–1997
• Schumpeter Fellow at the Center for European Studies/Harvard University, 2003–2004
• Coordinator of the research project “VEIL. Values, Equality and Difference in Liberal Debates about Female Muslim Headscarves in Europe”. FP6 Project, 2006–2009
• Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute, Firenze, 2007–2007
• Deputy spokeswoman of the research platform “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society” (RaT) of the University of Vienna, 2010–2018
• Head of the research project “Takin Sides: Protest Against the Deportation of Asylum Seekers”. Project funded by the FWF, SNF and DFG as part of the D-A-CH funding scheme, 2013–2017
• Guest Lecturer at Chinese University Political Science and Law/Beijing, 2014–2014
• Head of the research project “Inside the Deportation Gap: Making of Social Membership of Non-deported Migrants”. Project funded by the FWF, 2015–2018
• Head of the research group “INEX – The politics of Inclusion & Exlusion” at the University of Vienna