Areas of expertise
- Labour and social law
 - Sports law
 
Education
- Appointment as University Professor for Labor and Social Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck (2020)
 - Appointment as University Professor for Labor and Social Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck (2012)
 - Habilitation for the subjects of labor law, civil law and social law at Faculty of Law of the University of Graz (2001)
 - Research stay as a Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for Labor Law and Industrial Relations in the EC, academic institution at the University of Trier (Department of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rolf Birk; 1999)
 - Studied law in Graz (Mag. iur. 1987, Dr. iur. 1992)
 
Professional Expertise
- Head of the Institute for Labor Law and Social Law at the University of Graz since 2020
 - Professor of Labor and Social Law at the Institute for Labor Law and Social Law at the University of Graz since 2020
 - Head of the Institute for Labor Law, Social Law and Legal Informatics at the University of Innsbruck since 2013
 - Professor of Labor and Social Law at the Institute for Labor Law, Social Law and Legal Informatics at the University of Innsbruck since 2012
 - Habilitated member of the doctoral program Sports Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Innsbruck since 2012
 - Member of the Austrian Society for Labor Law and Social Law (co-opted to the board since 2012)
 - Associate Professor at the Institute for Labor Law and Social Law at the University of Graz 2002 – 2011
 - Expert lay judge at the Graz Regional Court and the Supreme Court in labor and social law cases 1996 – 2011
 - Assistant lecturer, university lecturer and assistant professor at the Institute for Labor Law and Social Law at the University of Graz 1987 – 2001
 - Speaker at various university lectures, seminars and practical events, e.g. at ARS, AWAK, WTAK and other organizer
 
Foreign Languages
- English