Verena Katscher studied political science at the University of Vienna, graduating in June 2007.

During her studies, she spent one year at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work experience includes two internships at the Austrian Foundation of Development Aid and at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights. Katscher also worked as an academic assistant on the research project "Development of a Methodology for a Long-term Strategy on the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)" for the 3s Research Laboratory. She spent three months as an intern in the Office of Science & Technology from July to September 2007.

Katscher holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Vienna.

• Introducing Werner Goebl and the Mysteries of Music Performance (September 28, 2007)
• Announcement of the new 2007-2008 Jefferson Science Fellows (September 28, 2007)