| 1982 | PhD in Political Science, Uppsala University |
| 1994 | Visiting scholar, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University at Bloomington |
| 2002-2006 | Research director at Young Citizen Program, Gothenburg University |
| since 2007 | Professor of Political Science, Örebro University, |
| since 2009 | Coordinator of the multidisciplinary research group 'Youth & Society' (YeS; www.oru.se/yes), Örebro University |
| 2008-2011 | Provincial Chairman of the Young ÖVP - Austrian People's Party, Vienna |
| since 2009 | Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP |
| 2010-2011 | Member of the Vienna Provincial Diet and Vienna City Council, ÖVP, Vienna |
| 2011-2013 | State Secretary for Integration, Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| 2013-2017 | Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna |
| since 2017 | Federal Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| bis 2005 | Beruflich tätig |
| 2005 | Abschluss des Abendgymnasiums mit Abitur |
| 2005-2006 | Studium (Magister) Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden |
| seit 2006 | Studium (Diplom) Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin/Otto-Suhr-Institut |
| 2009 | Gründungsmitglied, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
| seit 2009 | Vorstandsvorsitzender, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
| seit 2011 | Geschäftsführer, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
| 2007 | Master of Law, Law School, University of Vienna |
| 2007-2008 | Junior Legal Researcher, International Organisation for Migration, Vienna |
| 2008 | Legal Intern, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague |
| 2008-2009 | Clerk, Federal Appellate Court, Vienna |
| 2010 | Master of Law, Columbia Law School, New York |
| 2010-2011 | Visiting Scholar, The Harriman Institute, Columbia School of international and Public Affairs, New York |
| since 2011 | Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna |
| 2012 | Doctor of Law, Law School University of Vienna |
