Profile

Committed evaluator

Passionate educator

Advocate of the „art of cooperation“

Supporter of European integration and international cooperation

Interests and specialisations

• Evaluation, qualitative social research, educational research
• Formal and informal organisational structures and rules,
  management culture, „art of cooperation“
• Making sense of quality and knowledge management
• Complex projects & interventions in(to) social systems
• International cooperation, networking,  policy consulting
• Gender/diversity/equity policies

Approaches and values

• Systemic, constructivist approach
• Resource orientation
• Esteem for people and impartiality
• Methodological accuracy
• Scientific basis

Work experience

• Management (deputy director) and research at a
  non-university research institute in Austria
• International networking and project coordination
• Evaluation and organisational consulting
• Training and moderation

Memberships and expertise

• Member of the DeGEval “Gesellschaft für Evaluation”
  (“Evaluation Society”)  www.degeval.de
  member of the  topical interest groups (TIG) on
  – Vocational Education and Training
  – Gender Mainstreaming (co-speaker 2011-2016)
  – Professionalisation
  – Environment
• Member of the AEA “American Evaluation Association”
  www.eval.org
• Former member of the EES “European Evaluation Society”
  www.europeanevaluation.org
• Monitoring expert for the Initiative Erwachsenenbildung (Initiative for Adult Learning Austria: Austrian programme for literacy, key competences and skills for all)  www.initiative-erwachsenenbildung.at (2012-2017)
• Certified Quality Manager (ISO 9001), Certified Auditor (ISO 19011)
• Certified EFQM European Excellence Assessor
• Participation as assessor in the “Austrian Quality Award” (Business Excellence Award) “Staatspreis Unternehmensqualität”  www.qualityaustria.com
• Certified mediator (since 2012)
• Expert for the Lifelong learning programme (evaluation of project proposals and programme evaluations) both in Austria and on the European level since 1996
• Expert for the European Network on Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training (ENQA VET) www.enqavet.eu, now EQAVET www.eqavet.eu

Further professional training

• Equity-focused evaluation,  www.mymande.org
• Training programme in mediation, Economic Chamber Austria www.incite.at
• Change Management, Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg www.neuwaldegg.at
• Evaluation, American Evaluation Association (E-Study) www.eval.org
• Training as adult educator; large group facilitation

Education

• PhD in educational sciences/evaluation
      University of Klagenfurt 2006
• History/Latin Master‘s Degree in Education/Teacher Training
      University of Vienna 1993
• Studies and research semester
     University of California, Santa Barbara 1990-1992

Other

• Enthusiastic dancer: modern dance (Limon, Graham, Axis Syllabus, Horton technique; training at Tanzquartier Wien), ballet, pointe technique, salsa, samba …
• Member of the lay choir Kammerchor Dornbach (high soprano, but – after some recent vocal training to sing low notes – also willing to join alto or tenor)
• Zealous but patient gardener with 2 balconies, a terrace, a back-yard and garden. Former chairperson of the first self-governing neighbourhood garden project “Nachbarschaftsgarten Heigerlein” ( Blog,  Video)
• Fashion designer (trading licence as tailor/dressmaker; training at the Viennese guild and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna)
  www.old-boxes-productions.at Instagram: undress.thelabel