- born on 18 May 1949 in Vienna
- studies of painting, philosophy, psychology, pedagogics and history
- PhD in economic and social history, and art history as a minor subject
- since 1976 freelancer for several media projects and TV programs of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (e.g. "Gedanken", "Heimat Fremde Heimat", "Hörer für Hörer", "Kontroversen", "Leporello", "Moment Leben Heute", "Radiokolleg", "Treffpunkt Kultur", "Von Tag zu Tag", "Hello Austria")
- 1978 graduation (PhD), dissertation and viva voce (honors)
- 1978/79 research stay in Sri Lanka
- since 1979 scientific assistant and lecturer at the University of Vienna (School for Economic and Social History)
- lectures also at the University of Linz, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Linz University of Art and Industrial Design
- visiting professor at the Vienna University of Applied Arts and University of Innsbruck
- since December 1984 science officer of the City of Vienna
- since 1987 founding, concept, planning and organization of the Vienna Lectures - 1,000 lectures with more than 2,000 lecturers from all over the world
- since 1990 publication of the Vienna Lectures in seven book series
- 2000 conclusion of habilitation process; university lecturer for modern history
- 1998 - 2001 appointed as secretary general and board member of four science promotion funds of the City of Vienna in cooperation with the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and the Medical University of Vienna
- 2003 University Professor
Fields of research:
o social history, history of mentality and history of everyday life in Vienna
o history of knowledge and science in Vienna
o structures and forms of expression of the aristocratic society (17th and 19th centuries)
o social history of fine arts (17th and 20th centuries in particular consideration of Vienna)
o history of schools (19th and 20th centuries in particular consideration of the Austrian history of schools)
o history of the life cycle
o studies on the relationship between "nature" and "culture"
Honors and awards:
o 1978: promotion award of the Vienna Chamber of Labor for the dissertation "forms of expression of absolutist rule"
o 1979: promotion award of the City of Vienna for science and public learning
o 1981: Theodor Körner Award
o 1997: Leopold Kunschak Award
o 2000: Medal of Honor of the International Nestroy Society
o 2003: Decoration of Honor in Gold of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
o 2006: awarding of the title "Senator of Honor of the Vienna University of Technology"
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