Key competences
- Research, projects and publications on human rights & business, good governance, economic, social & cultural rights, development cooperation, and women’s rights (see list of publications)
- Lectures and training on these topics for different target groups (state officials, EC officials, companies, NGOs and university students) in Austria and abroad
Professional record
- Legal researcher and head of the team "Human Rights in Development Cooperation and Business" at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
- Consultant for UNDP, BMeiA, Austrian Development Agency, OMV, etc.
- Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Expert Committee at the Austrian Standards Institute
- Gender Consultant for the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), World Bank Group (2001)
- Research Assistant on International Law at the Washington College of Law, American University (2000-2001)
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, DC
LL.M in International Legal Studies, May 2000 (Concentration: Gender and the Law) - University of Padova, Italy
European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation, September 1999 - University of Vienna, Austria
Magistra der Rechtswissenschaften (Legal Studies), February 1998
Publications (selection)
- Menschenrechte und Wirtschaft, with Franz-Josef Hutter, Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna 2009
- Vorwärts in die Vergangenheit? Die Europäische Union und Corporate Social Responsibility, with Maria-Theresia Roehsler [Forward into the Past? The European Union and Corporate Social Responsibility], Jahrbuch Menschenrechte, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2006
- Konzernverhalten menschenrechtlich hinterfragt [Analysing business behaviour from a human rights perspective], Peter Lang Verlag, Vienna 2006
- Are Human Rights any Business of Business? Corporate Behaviour from a Human Rights Perspective, Online Journal for Political Theory and Research on Globalisation, Development and Gender Issues, 2005
- From Code to Compliance – A few remarks on CSR monitoring and implementation with a special focus on labour rights, Beijing 2004
Membership in professional bodies/networks
- Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Expert Committee at the Austrian Standards Institute
- Member of the Austrian Women Lawyers Association
- Member in the Austrian NGO Network Social Responsibility
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