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Professional Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck since October 1st, 2015. Specialisation on International Relations and Security in the post-Soviet region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck<\/a> from March 2003 till September 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck 2000\u20132003<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientific Adviser on Post-Soviet Affairs at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP)<\/a> from January 2009 till October 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Permanent and Senior Research Fellow on Eastern Europe and the former USSR at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP)<\/a> in Vienna October 1991\u2013June 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 2005 till October 2008 Program Head on behalf of the OIIP for the Final Phase of the OIIP\/SAIS-Johns Hopkins University Project \u2018Wider Europe\u2019 (which had started back in November 2005).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna<\/a> since 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy<\/a> in Vienna since 1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer at the Department for European Integration at the Donau Universit\u00e4t Krems from 2012 till 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer in the International Jean Monnet Summer School organised by the Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence of the University of Trento (Italy) in collaboration with the University of Innsbruck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989\u20131991 Junior Fellow at the Department for Political Science at the University of Innsbruck<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habilitation thesis on \u201cInterne und externe Aspekte der (demokratischen) Regime\u00fcberg\u00e4nge im \u00f6stlichen Europa und im Post-Sowjetischen Raum\u201d [\u201cInternal and External Aspects of (democratic) regime change in Eastern Europe and in the Post-Soviet Region\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001 Ph.D. in Political Science, Dissertation on \u201cRussland als defekte Demokratie. Beschr\u00e4nkungen liberal-rechtsstaatlicher Demokratie in Verfassungsrecht und Verfassungswirklichkeit Russlands\u201d [Russia as a Defective Democracy: Limitations on liberal democracy in constitutional law and politics in Russia]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1989 MA in Political Science, Thesis on \u201cPerestrojka \u2013 Wege zum Umbau der Sowjetunion\u201d [Perestroika \u2013 How to Reform the Soviet Union?]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1984\u20131989 Studies in Political Science, History and Slavonics at the Universities of Innsbruck and Salzburg, special focus on Comparative Political Science (political systems of Eastern Europe and the USSR) and International Relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Faculty and University <\/strong>Tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interim Head of the Doctoral Programme \u201cPolitical Institutions and Leadership in a Contingent World\u201d from March till December 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman of the Faculty Assembly of the Doctoral Programme \u201cPolitical Institutions and Leadership in a Contingent World\u201d June 2020-March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Head of the Studies Commission of the Faculty for Social and Political Sciences February 1st, 2017-September 30th, 2019. Member of the Commission since October 10th, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology from February 1st, 2009 till February 28th, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head of the Commission on Designing the Bologna-based new Studies at the Faculty for Political Science and Sociology, 2006-2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programme Director of the BA in Political Science and the MA \u2018European Politics and Society\u2019, 2007-2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member and Deputy Head of the Advisory Council of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, 2006-2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Substitute member of the Senate of the University of Innsbruck 2016-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reviewer<\/strong> for the \u2018Economic and Social Research Council\u2019 (ERSC), the \u2018Volkswagenstiftung\u2019, the \u2018Jubil\u00e4umsfonds\u2019 of the Austrian National Bank (OenB), the \u2018Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur F\u00f6rderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung\u2019, the journals \u2018Geopolitics\u2019, \u2018\u00d6ZP\u2019 (Austrian Journal on Political Science), the Italian Political Science Review,  Deutsche Stiftung f\u00fcr Friedensforschung etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of the \u201cOsteuropazentrum\u201d (Centre for Eastern Europe) at the University of Innsbruck since 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Valdai Club since 2013 and the Valdai Club Academy since 2018. Both memberships ended in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the editorial board of the journal The World Economy and International Relations <\/em>of the Institute for the World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) at the Russian Academy of Sciences since November 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2021 Member of the Board of the \u201cAustrian Service Abroad\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of the \u2018\u00d6sterreichische Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Europapolitik<\/a>\u2018 (Austrian Association for European Politics\u2019) since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of the \u2018Turkish Journal of Political Science\u201d since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the \u2018International Advisory Board\u2019 and the \u2018Editorial Committee\u2019 of \u2018Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society<\/a>\u2018 since 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of the \u2018International Center for advanced and comparative EU-Russia\/NIS research\u2019 (ICEUR<\/a>) in Vienna since 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Council on the Black Sea Region for the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna since June 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the International Security Research Group (ISRG) since 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Board of the \u201cAustrian Political Science Association<\/a>\u201d (OeGPW) until 2005; Member of the Association 1987-2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Editorial Board of the \u201c\u00d6sterreichische Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft<\/a>\u201d (OeZP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Turkish Journal of Political Science since 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Advisory Board of the Turkish journal <\/strong>The Journal of Security Strategies<\/strong> (G\u00fcvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi) seit 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Member of the \u201cAustrian Association for Foreign Policy<\/a>\u201d (\u00d6GA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frequent political consulting and briefings<\/strong> in Russian and international affairs for federal politicians and parties. Author of several classified papers on various topics for the Austrian federal executive and private companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The University of Applied Sciences in Vienna awarded me the title \u2018Lecturer of the Year 2006\u2019 in December 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austro Twitter Award for coverage of Russia in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Named \u201cPolitik-Erkl\u00e4rer des Jahres\u201d by the Austrian journalist magazine \u201cJournalist:in\u201d in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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I regularly teach at the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck, at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna and at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna<\/strong>. My main courses are on Russian post-Soviet politics (both domestic and external affairs), Theories of international relations, security studies and comparative politics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Professional Experience University Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck since October 1st, 2015. Specialisation on International Relations and Security in the post-Soviet region. Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck from March 2003 till September 2015. Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck 2000\u20132003 Scientific Adviser … Continue reading Curriculum Vitae<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":101,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5359,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/5359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerhard-mangott.at\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}