Dr. Karin Riegler

Dr. Karin Riegler, born in Graz (Austria) in 1967, master degree in History / English and American Studies, doctorate in History at the University of Vienna, graduation Dr. phil. in 2004. Exchange student at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) and visiting Researcher at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Taught at the Department of History of the University of Vienna in 1997/98, then worked as scientific co-editor for L'Homme, a journal of feminist history, was a lecturer at the University of Vienna and worked at the Austrian Fulbright Commission. As of 2002 programme officer, as of 2004 Deputy Secretary-General of Universities Austria. 2005-2007 senior programme manager for the European University Association in Brussels. As of 2008 head of quality management, from 2011-2019 Vice-Rector for Teaching I Promotion of Early Stage Artists/Researchers at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. 2011-2016 chairperson of the General Assembly and deputy chairperson of the Kuratorium of the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ-Austria).