Born on 19 December 1955 in Vienna, Austria

• Law Studies, Law School, University of Vienna, 1973-1977
• Doctor of Law, Law School, University of Vienna, 1977
• Legal trainee in the District Court for Commercial Affaires and in the Regional Criminal Court, Vienna, 1980-1981
• Habilitation for Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Vienna, 1984
• Associate Professor for Constitutional and Administrative Law, University of Vienna, 1985
• Substitute Member of the Constitutional Court of Austria, 1995-2015
• Visiting professor, University of Graz, 2000
• Member of the Austrian Commission of Jurists, 2000-2022
• Expert at the Austrian Constitutional Convention in the Austrian National Council, 2003-2005
• Member of the Selection Committee for Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union, 2005-2009
• Member of the Society of German Public Law Professors, since 2006
• Chair of the Arbitration Commission, University of Vienna, 2006-2013
• Substitute Member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), Council of Europe, 2006-2015
• Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Advisory Board, Austrian Ministry of the Interior, 2008-2012
• Vice-Chair of the Human Rights Advisory Board, Austrian Ombudsman Office, 2012-2013
• Chair of the Independent Disciplinary Commission, Austrian Ministry of Science, Economy and Research, 2008-2015
• Full Professor for Constitutional and Administrative Law, Law School, University of Vienna, since 2011
• Chair (2013-2015) of Senate, Vice-Chair (2009-2011), University of Vienna
• Spokesperson for the Senates of Austrian Universities, 2013-2015
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 November 2015.
• Vice-President of Section from 13 August 2019 to 30 September 2020.
• President of Section since 18 May 2022.