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• About my great colleagues - see below!

Awards + prizes

• Teaching Award of the Faculty of Law "Best Professor in the Academic Year 2020/21" (2021)(link)
• Teaching Award of the Faculty of Law "Best Professor in the Academic Year 2019/20" (2020)(link)
• Teaching Award of the University of Graz "Teaching: Excellent!" (2015)
• Recognition Award of the University of Graz "Teaching: Excellent!" (2010)
• Josef Krainer Promotion Prize 2001
• Scholarship "Styria 2000"
• Several merit scholarships

University of

• 2019: 1st place on the list for Professorship of Civil Law (basic research, § 99 UG) and appointment to the Johannes Kepler University Linz (not accepted)
• 2019: 2nd place on the list for "Private Law" (§ 99 UG) at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
• Associate university professor
• venia docendi for the subject "Civil Law" (habilitation thesis "Miteigentum und Wohnungseigentum - Parallelwelten. A contribution to the nature of the legal community and the system of co-ownership and condominium ownership")
• University assistant in permanent employment (§ 178 BDG, assistant professor)
• University assistant in provisional employment (§ 176 BDG)
• University assistant at the Institute for Civil Law/Civil Law
• (half-time, then three-quarter-time) contract assistant at the Institute for Civil Law
• Study assistant at the Institute for Civil Law (now: Institute for Civil Law, Foreign and Private International Law)

Research (focus; see also research, publications and lectures)

• Housing law (WEG 2002, MRG + ABGB, WGG)
• Property law, in particular co-ownership law
• Law of obligations, special part, in particular tort law
• UN sales law (CISG)
• Inheritance law
• Law of obligations, general part, in particular warranty law
• European private law, in particular European contract and consumer protection law
• Private international law (IPR)

Teaching (for current teaching see courses on UNIGRAZonline)

• Since the winter semester 1995/96: university teaching activities within the framework of the law diploma and doctoral studies (1st, 2nd and 3rd stage of studies; doctoral studies)
• Selection:
  • Lectures:
    • VO Introduction to Private Law and Civil Procedure Law (1st stage of studies and Bachelor's program)
    • VO Selected Chapters of Private Law (1st stage of studies and Bachelor's program)
    • VO Property Law (2nd stage of studies)
    • VL Credit Security (University of Linz)
    • VL Mit- und Wohnungseigentum (University of Linz)
    • LV Consumer Protection (University of Krems)
    • LV Product Liability and Product Safety in the EU (University of Krems)
  • Courses and exercises:
    • KS Inheritance Law (2nd stage of studies)
    • Case solving practicals
    • KS Selected chapters of private law
    • Introductory UE
  • Seminars:
    • SE Residential (property) law (3rd stage of studies, doctoral program)
    • SE Property development and condominium contract in practice (3rd stage of studies, doctoral program)
    • Moot Court-SE/PK (3rd stage of studies)
• Lecturer at several universities (Graz, Linz, Krems) and universities of applied sciences

Administration

• Since 1995: Member of various university committees (e.g. study commission, faculty college or committee, institute conference, numerous other commissions, university teachers' association, works council) and assumption of university functions
• Currently in particular:
  • Coordinator for the Civil Law Moot Court at the Graz Faculty of Law

Practice

• Member of expert commissions set up by the Federal Ministry of Justice
  • Amendment to residential property law 2023/24
  • Amendment to residential property law 2021/22
  • Residential property law amendment 2013/14
  • Tenancy law reform 2013/14
• January 2002 - September 2002: court internship at the Higher Regional Court of Graz (at the same time half-time university assistant)
• since 1992: active teaching activity (universities, universities of applied sciences, judiciary, lawyers' academy, WIFI)
• since 1992: active lecturing
• since 1992: numerous legal opinions (see research)

Studies

• Diploma studies in law at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz (diploma thesis "Fundamentals of warranty law in the Austrian Civil Code")
• Doctoral studies in law at the University of Graz (dissertation "Die Bauwerkehaftung (§ 1319 ABGB)")

School

• Sacré Cœur elementary school, Graz
• Academic grammar school, Graz (humanistic branch)

Main areas of research

• Housing law, in particular residential property law and tenancy law

• Property law, in particular co-ownership law and security interests in real estate

• Law of obligations - special part, in particular tort law, especially: general liability doctrine, product liability (PHG) and product safety (PSG 2004), motor vehicle liability (EKHG), construction liability (§ 1319 ABGB), road owner liability (§ 1319a ABGB)

• UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

• Succession law

• Law of obligations - general part, in particular warranty law

• European private law, in particular European contract and consumer protection law

• Private international law (IPR)

Current research projects (selection)

• Co-editor and author of the complete commentary on housing law (new edition, Manz publishing house; volume 2, 2nd edition, published in June 2024 - link)

• Editorial board member of the Österreichische Notariatszeitung (ÖGIZIN/Publisher Manz)

• Commentary on the 15th main section of Part 2 of the ABGB (succession law, §§ 797 ff ABGB; published by Verlag Österreich in June 2023 - link)

• Commentary on the Product Liability Act (PHG)(published by LexisNexis in November 2022 - link)

• Lehr- und Handbuch Wohnungseigentumsrecht ( published byManz inJuly 2022 - link)

• Commentary on the UN Sales Convention (Art 1 to 101 CISG) (published byLexisNexis in August 2021 - link)

• Co-ownership and condominium ownership - parallel worlds. A contribution to the nature of the legal community and the system of co-ownership and condominium ownership (habilitation thesis)( published by Manz in May 2021 - link)

Further information on research - see research portal