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Peter Strasser

University for Continuing Education Krems, Danube University Krems, University of Innsbruck, University Of Nottingham, OSCE Mission in Kosovo

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1653-3608
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Peter Strasser studied Austrian law, European ethnology, human rights as well as humanitarian law at the universities of Innsbruck/Austria and Nottingham/UK. (Mag.iur 1989, Mag.phil. 1992, Dr.iur 1994, LL.M. 1995, Dr.phil. 2018)

After practical legal training at different courts in Vienna, he joined the Ministry of Interior in Vienna as legal adviser (1993-1996) and worked as volunteer in an ethnological museum. Since 1997 he served in several international organizations in the field of (World) cultural heritage and cultural property protection. (UNESCO/Paris, IOM/Tirana, EU/Bucharest, OSCE/Kosovo) During these assignments he had the opportunity to join several working groups for the drafting of international legal instruments for the protection of cultural property. After 2008 he worked as adviser for World Heritage in the Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture in Vienna.

In 2012 he joined University for Continuing Education Krems as scientist in the field of cultural heritage and in 2015 he became the head of the then newly created Center for Cultural Property Protection at that University. Between 2019 and 2022 he was seconded to the OSCE – Mission in Kosovo as Senior Adviser for cultural heritage protection.

In August 2022 he was appointed as Professor for World Heritage and Cultural Property Protection at the University for Continuing Education Krems. In his research he puts emphasis on the international dimension of cultural heritage protection with focus on sustainability and legal issues. He is author of some 200 publications in the field of cultural heritage protection, heritage legislation, and ethnology. Furthermore, he was member of several working groups for the nomination of World Heritage properties and of the working group on World Heritage of the Alpine Convention. He is member of the University’s Committee for Equality Issues.

Employment

  • University for Continuing Education Krems
    2022 - Present
  • OSCE Mission in Kosovo Senior Adviser for Cultural Heritage
    2019 - 2022
  • Danube University Krems Professor for World Heritage and Cultural Property Protection
    2012 - Present
  • UNESCO Project Specialist
    1997 - 2007

Education

  • University of Innsbruck Dr of Philosophy
    ? - 2018
  • University Of Nottingham LL.M. in Public International Law
    ? - 1995
  • University of Innsbruck Dr. of Law
    ? - 1994
  • University of Innsbruck Magister der Philosophie
    ? - 1992
  • University of Innsbruck Magister der Rechtswissenschaften
    ? - 1989

Projects & Funding

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Publications (1)