Ancient Near Eastern studies, in particular Babylonian social and economic history and the history of mentalities

Oct 1990–May 1991     Research Assistant (half-time) at the Institut für Orientalistik, Vienna University.

Jun 1991–Jul 1991       University Assistant (half-time) at the Institute.

Aug 1991–Sep 2000     University Assistant (full time) at the Institute.

1 Oct 2000                  Associate Professor.

Oct 2002–Sep 2008        On leave to conduct research for the START Project.

Oct 2008-                   Full professor of Assyriology at the University of Vienna.

May 2017                    Fellow (“Wirkliches Mitglied”) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

11/2015                     Rudolf-Meimberg Prize 2015 (Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur, Mainz)

May 2013                    Corresponding Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

1/2012                       Visiting Professor at the Collège de France, Paris

14 Dec 2007               Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ “Junge Kurie”

2002                           Awarded a START Prize by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for a project on “The Economic History of Babylonia in the First Millennium BC”.(1.2 mio EUR)

2002                           APART grant (Austrian Academy of Sciences; not accepted as not compatible with START Prize).

2002                           Henry Frankfort Fellowship awarded by the Warburg Institute, London (not accepted as not compatible with START Prize).

2001                           Grant from the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien

1991                           Würdigungspreis des Bundesministers für Wissenschaft und Forschung.

2011/3-2016/9 Director, Department of Near Eastern Studies

2016/10- Vice-Director, Department of Near Eastern Studies

2016/10-2020/9 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies