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   China's Land-use Change
   European Rural Development
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Personal Details
Born January 11, 1951 in Munich, Germany
Marital Status married, 1 daughter
Nationality German
Place of Residence Vienna, Austria
Education
Primary 1957 - 1962 Elementary
Secondary 1962 - 1972 High School (Gymnasium)
University 1972 - 1978 University of Munich (Sociology)
Post-graduate 1978 - 1982 Technical University of Munich
Dissertation (Ph.D.) 1982 (Dr. phil.) from Technical University of Munich
Post-doctoral Thesis 1988 Habilitation (Dr. rer. pol.) from University of Bamberg
Professional
Research Assistant December 1978 - March 1979 INFRATEST Health Research Inc., Munich
Researcher August 1979 - March 1981, Institute of Geography, Technical University of Munich (DFG Project)
Scientific Assistant May 1981 - November 1982, University of Bamberg, Chair of Population Studies
University Assistant December 1982 - November 1988, University of Bamberg, Chair of Population Studies (Akademischer Rat a.Z.)
  Since December 1988 with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Research Scholar 1988 - 1994 Population (POP) Project
Senior Research Scholar 1995 - 1999 Land-use and Land-cover Change (LUC) Project
Project Leader 2000 - 2002 European Rural Development (ERD) Project
Senior Research Scholar 2003 - 2005 General Research (Research Activity on Sustainable Rural Development in China)
Chief of Section Since Sept. 2006 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), Population Division, Population Estimates and Projections Section, New York
Other professional activities
Guest Professor 1989 - 1990, Vienna University
Guest Researcher August - December, 1994, The Rockefeller University, Laboratory of Populations (Prof. Joel E. Cohen)
University Professor Univ. Professor for China Studies (Univ. Professor für Chinaforschung), Vienna University, March 1 - June 30, 2005: Institute for East-Asian Studies, Department of Chinese Studies
Software Development Development of commercial software packages (CL&F SOFTWARE)
  (1) DemoGraphics '96 (for the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA)
  (2) DemoTables '96 (CL&F SOFTWARE)
  (3) DemoTools - Tool # 1: Population Projections (CL&F SOFTWARE)
  (4) RAPS-China - A Regional Analysis and Planning System (for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA)
Web Site Development: (1) www.china-profile.com (Facts & Figures on China, Chronology of Key Events since 1949, Resources for China Research)
  (2) www.china-europe-usa.com (Who Will Win the Global Race? An Analysis of Fundamental Development Trends.)
  (3) www.iiasa.ac.at/Resear/SRD/ChinaFood/ (Can China Feed Itself?)
  (4) www.addictivebooks.com (developed for Claudia Heilig-Staindl: Crime Fiction Literature)

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