Michael Obrovsky studied communication sciences and has been a researcher at ÖFSE since 1984. His work focuses on issues of Austrian and international development policy, development cooperation and development financing. He has been lecturing at the University of Vienna and at the Danube University Krems since 2011 and is a member of various committees of national and international development institutions.

Research Areas:

• Austrian and international development policy and development cooperation
• development finance
• civil society and development

Career

• Deputy Director (since 2016)
• Head of the Science & Research Department at ÖFSE (2010-2016)
• Head of the Development Cooperation and Statistics Department at ÖFSE (1997-2001)
• Senior Scientist at the ÖFSE (since 1984)
• Development communication, awareness raising and educational work at the ÖED (Austrian Development Service) (1983-1984)
• Freelance journalist

Expertise

• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Commission for Development Studies at the OeAD (since 2012)
• Member of the EADI-Executive Committee (2006 – 2012)
• Member of the board of the Austrian EU-Platform  (1995 – 2005)

Teaching experience

• Danube University Krems (since 2011)
• Institute for International Development, University of Vienna (since 2004)
• Institute for Political Science, University of Vienna (1994-2000)

Education

• Studies in Communication Sciences, at the faculty of Art, History and Philosophy at the University of Vienna;
• PhD in Communication Sciences (1983)