Research

1977-1979:

Diplomarbeit (Masters Thesis), Title: "Helfen und Unterstuetzen in Kindergruppen" (Helping and supporting behavior in preschool children); presented to the Faculty of Biology at the University of Munich and the Research Institute for Human Ethology, Max-Planck-Society, under the direction of I.Eibl-Eibesfeldt.

1979-1982:

Dissertation (Ph.D.), Title: Wettbewerb und Kooperation: Das Eingreifen in Konflikte unter Kindergartenkindern (Competition and Cooperation: intervention in conflict among preschool children), presented to the Faculty of Biology at the University of Munich for the doctoral degree.

1985:

Assistant Professor:Max-Planck-Institute für Verhaltensphysiologie- Forschungsstelle für Humanethologie.

1982-1987

Project Director: "Kindergarden Project" at the Research Institute for Human Ethology. Coordination and supervision of longterm data collection and data analysis, Funded by DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

1985:

Chief investigator: Urban Ethology Project on the life-quality in urban areas; in cooperation with Wulf Schiefenhoevel and Reinhard Schropp. Funded by the Municipal Council, City of Vienna (Austria).

1985-1988

Chief investigator: Male courtship: strategies of self-presentation. Funded by DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).

1991

Scientific (together with Prof.Dr.I.Eibl-Eibesfeldt) and administrative director of the Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Urban Ethology in Vienna

1994

JSPS Fellowship at the University of Kyoto /Dept. of Zoology

1995

Mindship Copenhagen

 

2001 Foundation of digitalmankind

 

2002 Zdenek-Klein Award for integrative research
2004 First Prize in the call Co Operate 2003 of the WWFF for development of innovative non-verbal behavior simulation software

2004-5 Research fellow at the Centre of Interdisciplinary Research in Bielefeld (ZIF) (Germany)

Teaching

1982-1988:

Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Munich: Human Ethology, advanced seminar, introductory lecture course, and research methods course; in cooperation with Prof. Dr. I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt.

1989-1990:

Visiting Lecturer, Department of Human Biology, University of Vienna (Austria): "Introduction to Human Ethology".

1991

Habilitation at the Formal und Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultaet of the University of Vienna

since 1991 Lectures in Anthropology and Zoology at the University of Vienna

since 1992

Lectures in General Ethology, Methods, Human Ethology and Behaviour Environment interactions at the University of Vienna and the Technical University of Vienna

Consulting

Consulting in various projects from strategic planning and non-verbal behavior training to media presentations, web design and computer game development.