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Curriculum Vitae |
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Personal Details |
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Born |
January 11, 1951
in Munich, Germany |
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Marital status |
married, 1
daughter |
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Nationality |
German |
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Place of permanent residence |
Riederberg / Vienna, Austria |
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Education |
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Primary |
1957 - 1962
Elementary school |
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Secondary |
1962 - 1972 High
school (Gymnasium) |
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University |
1972 - 1978
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (Sociology) |
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Post-graduate |
1978 - 1982
Technical University of Munich |
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Dissertation (Ph.D.) |
1982 (Dr. phil.)
from Technical University of Munich |
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Post-doctoral thesis |
1988 Habilitation
(Dr. rer. pol.) from University of Bamberg |
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Professional |
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Research assistant |
December 1978 -
March 1979 INFRATEST Health Research Inc., Munich |
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Researcher |
August 1979 -
March 1981, Institute of Geography, Technical University of Munich (DFG
Project) |
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Scientific assistant |
May 1981 -
November 1982, University of Bamberg, Chair of Population Studies |
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University assistant |
December 1982 -
November 1988, University of Bamberg, Chair of Population Studies (Akademischer
Rat a.Z.) |
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Research scholar |
1988 - 1994 Population (POP)
Project, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) |
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Senior research scholar |
1995 - 1999 Land-use and
Land-cover Change (LUC) Project, International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA) |
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Project leader |
2000 - 2002 European Rural
Development (ERD) Project, International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis (IIASA) |
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Senior research scholar |
2003 - 2005 General Research: Research Activity on Sustainable Rural Development in China,
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) |
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Chief of Section |
August 2006
- January 2013:
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), New
York.
August 2006 - September 2006: Chief of Population and Development Section (initial assignment)
November 2006 - January 2013: Chief of Population Estimates and Projections Section.
Retired after reaching mandatory retirement age. |
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Private consultant |
Since
February 2013. |
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Other professional
activities |
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Guest professor |
1989 - 1990,
Vienna University |
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Guest researcher |
August - December,
1994, The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Populations
(Prof.
Joel E. Cohen) |
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University professor |
Univ. Professor
for China Studies (Univ. Professor für Chinaforschung), Vienna
University, March 1 - June 30, 2005: Institute for
East-Asian Studies, Department of Chinese Studies |
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Software |
Development of
commercial and research-based software packages [Link] |
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Websites |
Development of
commercial and research-based websites [Link] |
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Professional presentations |
Keynote speeches, conference presentations and lectures [Link] |
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