Born in Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria, studied Law, engaged in NGO for homeless people, founded local political party with environmental issues in Schwanenstadt, worked at University of Salzburg, Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, employee to the Green Parliamentary Group (87-90), independent consultant and trainer since 1992 with a focus on rules of procedure for members of parliaments, political communication including web 2.0 skills, webcommunities of politically engaged people, European Union.