1942    

Born in Frohnleiten, Austria

1960-1961    

Military service (1961 lieutenant)

1961-1965    

Study of forestry at Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (1965: Dipl.-Ing.)

1967-1977    

Assistant Professor at the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

1968    

Doctor's degree from Universität für Bodenkultur Wien (topic of the thesis: "Quantitative Relationships Between Tourism and Forestry")

1971-1972    

Master's degree (M.F.) in forest economics from University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver (topic of the major essay: "The Opportunity Cost of Forest Recreation")

1977    

Post-doctoral thesis (Habilitation) in forest sector policy and forest products markets (topic of the thesis: "The Role of Interest Groups in Forest Policy Research")

since 1977    

Professor of Forest Policy at the Universität für Bodenkultur Wien

• Head of the Institute of Forest and Forest Sector Policy (1977-1979) and the Institute of Forest Sector Policy and Economics (since 1990)

• Supervisor of master's theses, Ph.D. theses and postdoctoral theses (alltogether more than 100)

• Chair of numerous Austrian and international research projects

• Senior Forest Policy Researcher at the European Forest Institute (1995-1998)

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of international institutions (European Forest Institute, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe, European Observatory of Mountain Forests)

• Leader/Deputy Leader of IUFRO subject group S6.12-00 "Forest policy and forest administration) (1978-2000)

• Consultancies in the fields of forest policy, forest products markets and forest land-use planning for international organizations (FAO/ECE, UNIDO, European Commission), governments (Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Switzerland) and non-governmental organizations (Austrian Forest Association, WWF Austria)

• Head of the curriculum commission "Forestry and Forest Sector Industry"  (1982-1988)

• Corresponding Member of the Finnish Society of Forest Science