Media & Public Profile

Article Collections Available on Line

Op-eds written for the Austrian daily Salzburger Nachrichten Collection

Op-eds written for the Austrian daily Wiener Zeitung Collection

Op-eds written for the Austrian weekly Die Furche Collection

Op-eds written for the Austrian daily Der Standard (Kommentar der anderen)


Populism-Blog in the Austrian daily Der Standard


Guest Expert on TV Programs (selection/latest)


Being Referenced in International Media


Blog Posts, Podcasts, and Online Videos

LSE Blog Post: The Far Right Won the Austrian Elections but May End Up in Opposition, October 15th, 2024

LSE Blog Post: The Kurz affair has uncovered the Trumpian dimension of Austrian politics, November 8th, 2021

STANDARD-Podcast LIVE: Zerfallen die USA? | Reinhard Heinisch

STANDARD-Podcast LIVE | Ist Grönland Trumps nächstes Ziel? | Reinhard Heinisch

Professor Heinisch: If You Don’t Want the FPÖ in Government, Hope They Come in First in Austria Polls. YouTube interview with the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS), September 28, 2024 — VIDEO

Putting the Austrian National Elections of 2024 and Triumph of the Populist Radical Right into Perspective PEX-network

Austria Votes—Will the Cordon Sanitaire Hold? GERMAN MARSHALL FUND October 1, 2024 — VIDEO

Austrians Vote for “Fortress Austria”: Putting the Populist Radical-Right Freedom Party’s Triumph into Perspective. Illiberalism Blog George Washington University October 7, 2024

US-Wahlen 2024: Parteienlandschaft, Wahlsystem und Innenpolitik, Blog and Video hosted by Idealism Prevails — VIDEO

In 2020 on the Austrian national evening news broadcast

Media Work – Commentary

Interview Partner International News (selection): BBC, Washington Post, ZDF, ARD; BR; NKH, ABC, BBC, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Le Soir, Huffington Post, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, NPR (USA), TV5, Monocle Radio (London), Deutsche Welle,  Deutschlandfunk, Vima (Greece), The Day (Ukraine), Lidové (Czech Republic), Cesky rozhlas Plus (Czech Radio), RTVS (Slovak radio), Chinese/CCTV, 3 Sat, Tagesspiegel, Radio Slovenija, Finland TV2

Commentator in News Outlets (selection):

Zeit im Bild II, III, ORF- Special Broadcasts, Talk im Hangar, Offen Gesagt (2004), Am Runden Tisch (2004, 2008), Club 2 (2010), Im Zentrum (2013-present), ORF Landestudio Salzburg (regularly), Open Democracy, FM4, Huffington Post, Foreign Affairs, ARD,   Wiener Zeitung, Kurier, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Salzburger Nachrichten, Der Standard, Kärntner Woche, Kleine Zeitung, ORF-Ö1, ORF Landestudio Salzburg, ORF-FM4, ORF Radio, ORF Kärnten, ORF Landesstudio Wien, Servus TV, Puls 4, Radio Wien, Profil, Vorarlberger Nachrichten, OÖ Nachrichten, Die Presse, Reddit,

At the Pentagon


Invited Keynote Addresses, Conference Speaker, and Professional Services (selection) :

Austrian Society of Legistics (ÖGGL), Vienna, 2019

Austrian Jurists Convention (Juristentag), Salzburg 2019

Bavarian State Government, 2019

European Consortium for Political Research, Hamburg 2018

University of Birmingham, UK 2017

Prague Populism Conference, 2019, 2016

Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing, Germany 2015, 2016, 2018

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany 2018

UBS Austria Investor Forum, Austria 2017

Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg/Universität Greifswald August, Germany, 2016.

Charles University and Heinrich Böll Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic 2016

Renmin International Conference, Beijing, China 2015, 2014

European Commission – Representation of Luxembourg, 2014

Forschungsinstitut Recht elektronischer Massenmedien (REM) Vienna, Austria 2013.

Symposium on Science Policy, Kontrollbank-Forum) Vienna, Austria, 2010.

Lower Austrian legislature (Landtagsklub) Stift Geras, Austria, 2009

Austrian Science Talks, Chicago, USA 2008.

Ljubljana Summer University – BNE Ljubljana, Slovenia 2006.

US-Austrian Journalism Fellows, International Center for Journalists, Washington DC 2007.

US Department of State Foreign Service Academy, 2006, 2005, 2001

Institute of Advanced Studies (IHS) Vienna, 2004.

European Forum Alpbach, Austria, 2004, 2003

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Forum Alpbach Austria, 2004.

Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2004.

Universidad de San Simon, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2004.

American University, 2005, 2003

Carnegie Mellon University, 2005, 2003

The West Virginia University Consortium, 2005, 2003