Heinz Fassmann#
| Membership Number: | 2140 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND SUSTAINABILITY |
| Elected: | 2002 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://geschichte.univie.ac.at/de/personen/heinz-fassmann |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2023 Member of an expert group entrusted to support the interim evaluation of the European Union's Horizon Europe programme
- 2022 - present President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2017 - 2019 and 2018 - 2021 Minister of Education
- Since 01. October 2011 - 2017 Vice-Rector for Human Resources Development and International Relations of the University of Vienna
- 2006 - 2011 Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences, Geography and Astronomy. Chairman Scientific Advisory Board of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (Leibniz Association; Hanover). Director of the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2000 Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Research and Planning at the University of Vienna
- 1996 - 2000 C4-Professor for Applied Geography II (Geoinformatics) at the Technical University of Munich
- 1992 - 1995 Director of the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 1981 - 1992 Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Commission for Space Research, Institute of Demography)
Fields of Scholarship
- Migration
- Labor market
- Urban development
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Conferment of the Bruno-Kreisky-Award for the Political Book
- 1995 Conferment of the award of the Schader-Stiftung social sciences with practical relevance 1995
- 1992 Conferment of the Hans-Bobek-Award by the Austrian Geographic Society
- 1985 Conferment of the Camillo-Sitte-Promotionaward by the Camillo-Sitte-Funds (Vienna University of Technology)
