Heinz Faßmann, o. Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Education and Academic Career

1974-1980: Studies in Geography and Economic and Social History, University of Vienna, doctoral degree

1980-1981: Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies (Sociology Department), Vienna

1981-1992: Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Commission for spatial research, Institute of Demography)

1991: Habilitation, venia legendi in Human Geography and Regional Research

1996-2000: C4 Professor of Applied Geography II (Geoinformatics) at the Technical University of Munich

Since 2000: Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Research and Spatial Planning at the University of Vienna

Functions and Memberships

1992-1995: Director of the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Since 2002: Member of Academia Europaea

2003-2009: Member of the Senate of the University of Vienna (professors’ curia spokesperson)

2006-2011: Dean of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy

Since 2006: Director of the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Since 2007: Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Since 2009: Member of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (Berlin)

Since 2010: Chair of the Expert Council for Integration at the Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

2011-2015: Vice-Rector for Human Resources Development and International Relations at the University of Vienna

Since 1 October 2015: Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs (term: 1 October 2015 until 30 September 2019)

Awards

Camillo Sitte Promotion Award (Vienna University of Technology)

Hans Bobek Award (Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft (Austrian geographical society))

Schader Prize (Schader-Stiftung, Darmstadt)

Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book

Cardinal Innitzer Prize for social and cultural sciences

See also

​> Austrian Academy of Sciences (accessed on 19.02.2026)

​> Wikipedia (accessed on 19.02.2026)