Legal Practice

2017
Legal Manager of the Depeartment for Social- and Tenancy Law
Diakonie Refugee Service, Vienna

2013-2016
Research Associate, Supreme Administrative Court, Vienna
Justice Mag. Peter Nedwed

2011-2013
Legal Advisor
Diakonie Refugee Service, St. Pölten

2007-2010
Trainee Lawyer, Dr. Herbert Pochieser, Vienna
(Inter)National Human Rights Practice I Asylum Law I Criminal Law

2006-2007
Legal Advisor
​Federal Asylum Office / Detention Center Eisenstadt, Caritas, Eisenstadt

Civil Engagement and Memberships (for outreach also see Panel Discussions and Moderation)
 

• Workshops on Gender and Sexuality in Refugee Law for the Austrian Federal Administrative Court and the Austrian Asylum Office, Client: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Austria
  
• Austrian Association of Judges, Fundamental Rights Section, Academic Member
  
• Queer Base. Welcome and Support for LGBTIQ Refugees Founding Member and Chair (2016-2018; Alexander  Friedmann Award 2017, Bruno Kreisky Award for Achievements in Human Rights 2017)
  
• Association of Austrian Female Lawyers, Member and Secretary  (2013-2016)
  
• Member of the Ministerial Working Group on the 2012 Amendment to Custody Law (BGBl I 15/2013)
  
• Facultas Verlags - und Buchhandels AG, Member of the Supervisory Board (2012-2014)
  
• Austrian National Students Union / Students Union of the University of Vienna, Official (2001-2005)