EDUCATION
2020Habilitation in Political Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz (AT)
2011Ph.D. in Social Sciences, University of Mannheim (DE)
2006Diplom (MA equivalent) in Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
08/2021-Associate professor, Institute of Politics and Social Policy, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (AT)
03/2018-07/2021Assistant professor (tenure track) and research group leader (2 Phd students), Institute of Politics and Social Policy, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (AT)
03/2018-12/2018 Fellow, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (DE)
2016-2018Postdoctoral researcher, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin (DE)
2012-2016Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer, Institute of Politics and Social Policy, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (AT)
2013-2015Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Vocational Training and Adult Education, Johannes Kepler University, Linz (AT)
2012-2013External research associate, FAFO Institute for Labour and Social Research Oslo (NO), Vienna Institute of Demography (AT), University of Southampton (UK)
2010-2011Research associate, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick (UK)
2007-2011Researcher, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim (DE)
VISITING POSITIONS
01/2016-07/2017University of Southampton (UK) (Visiting Fellow)
11/2015University of Southampton (UK)
06/2011-08/2011Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna (AT)
08/2010University of Warwick (UK)
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2021-2023"Sustainability through Occupational Pension Schemes? The Influence of Codetermination Actors on Investment Strategies" (together with Karen Anderson and Natascha van der Zwan); Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (€328,798)
2020-2023"Democratic Governance of Funded Pension Schemes" (DEEPEN) (together with Karen Anderson, Juan Fernández and Natascha van der Zwan); New Opportunities for Research Funding Agency Cooperation in Europe (NORFACE/FWF) (€812,687)
2018-2019"Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment: Comparing Regulation in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany" (together with Natascha van der Zwan and Karen Anderson); Comparative Research Grant, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR) (€20,000)
2015Short term scientific mission grant; COST Action IS1102 (€1,600)
2013-2016"The Politics of Occupational Welfare"; Lise Meitner Grant, Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (€154,540)
2011Publication grant for Ph.D. dissertation; Research Network on Pensions (FNA) (€1,000)
2010-2011Ph.D. scholarship; Research Network on Pensions (FNA) (€14,000)