Professional Summary
Born 1940 in Breitenfeld/Austria,Studies in Mathematics and Economics in Paris and Vienna, 1966 Diploma, 1966-68 Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, 1968 Doctorate at University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna, 1973 Habilitation at Darmstadt University of Technology, 1973-74 Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York, 1974-77 Professor of Political Economy at University in Kassel, since 1977 Professor of Economics at University Wuppertal (Emeritus since2005), Rector in Wuppertal 1991-99, 1996-2000 Director of the Institute for European Economic Research, 2000-2003 Rector of Graz University of Technology, Guest Professor at Universities Heidelberg (1974) and Vienna (1978), Consultant to the German Government, European Commission and United Nations, 1992-2005 Member of the European University Council Jean Monnet ni Brussels, 1994 Honorary Doctorate at State University in Moscow, since 2005 Member of the Austrian Acceditation Council, since 2005 Vice President of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Other Activities:President of Arbeitskreis Politische Ökonomie e.V.(1984-87), Head of the Working Group"Quality Assessment" of the Confederation of the European Rectors Conferencies(1994-95), Member of the National Commission Erasmus/Socrates (1996-97) and the Academic Council of European Study Centers in Hungary(1998-99), Member of the Monitoring Panel for the Fourth Research Framework Program(1998-99) and the Kuratorium of HIS-GmbH. Member of Board of Wuppertal GmbH(1996-2000) and the Broadcasting Council of Westdeutscher Rundfunk(1997-2000). During the Rector-Periodes Cooperation-Agreements between Universities of Wuppertal and Graz University of Technology with Universities in China, Japan and Indonesia, some deeper insight in their University systems.
Large number of publications on Science Policiy and University Reform, among them three books: Hochschulen im Niedergang? (1994,co-auditor), Beiträge zur Hochschulreform 1991-99 (1998), and Hochschulreform und Hochschulmanagement (1999). Also many publications on European Economic Policy, Environmental Economics and Technology Policies. Among them several books: Die Strukturpolitik der Europäischen Union(1997), Die Wirschaftspolitik der EU (1999) and Europäische Wirtschaftsordnung (2001).
