Education:
2004: Doctorate in Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, distinct honours.
2000: Master in Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, distinct honours.
Employment:
2001/01 to date: Assistant professor in public economics, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
2000/08-12: Research and teaching assistant, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
2000/03-05: Research assistant, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
Other National and International Academic Experience:
2007/08 - 2008/08: Research fellow, University of California, Davis.
2007/02: Visiting research fellow, Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
2006/08: Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics, Lindau.
2002/09 - 2003/05: Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Warwick, Great Britain.
2002/07: Summer School, European Science Days, Steyr, Austria.
2001/07-08: Summer School, London School of Economics, Great Britain.
1999/09-12: Research visit, London School of Economics, Great Britain.
1997/02-07: Erasmus student, Université de Nice, France.
Presentations at Conferences, Workshops and Seminars:
2008
Research Seminar, The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UC San Diego.
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Stanford.
Research Seminar, Santa Cruz Center for International Economics, UC Santa Cruz.
Western Economic Association, Annual Conference, Waikiki.
European Economic Association, Annual Conference, Milan.
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Lunch Time Seminar, Department of Economics, Linz.
Research Seminar of the Linz Department of Economics, Neufelden.
Workshop on Globalization and the Brain Drain, Ramat-Gan and Jerusalem.
2007
Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College, Dublin.
Public Choice Society, World Meeting, Amsterdam.
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, University of Paderborn.
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, UC Davis.
2006
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Innsbruck.
Public Choice Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
European Public Choice Society, Annual Meeting, Turku.
IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM2), Bonn.
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Tübingen.
Public Economic Theory (PET), Annual Conference, Hanoi.
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Annual Conference, Paphos.
2005
Workshop, Peer Review of the European Employment Strategy, Dublin.
Public Economic Theory (PET), Annual Conference, Marseille.
Austrian Economic Association (NOEG), Annual Meeting, Innsbruck.
Research Seminar of the Linz Department of Economics, Neufelden.
2004
Research Seminar, Department of Economics, Linz.
Research Seminar, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW), Vienna.
2003
Research Seminar, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, Warwick.
Refereeing:
Journal of Population Economics, Empirica, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economics.
Grants and Scientific Awards:
2004: Scharinger Prize for Dissertations.
2002: Marie Curie Research Scholarship of the European Commission.
1999: Excellent student grant, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
1999: Scholarship for research abroad, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
Teaching:
2002 to date: Public Economics (advanced).
2001 to date: Public Economics (introductory).
2000-2001: Macroeconomics (introductory).
Consultancy for International Bodies:
International Organisation for Migration, European Migration Network.
European Commission, Mutual Learning Programme of the European Employment Strategy.
Academic Societies and Networks:
Member, Association for Public Economic Theory.
Member, European Economic Association.
Member, International Institute for Public Finance.
Expert, European Migration Network, International Organisation for Migration.
Expert, Peer Review and Assessment in Social Inclusion, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, European Commission.