Political Scientist Hubert Sickinger Dies at 60 Years Old

Political scientist Hubert Sickinger has died. As reported online by the "Standard" on Monday and confirmed by the APA, the native of Upper Austria "recently" passed away in his 61st year. The doctor of law and political scientist was, among other things, a lecturer at the University of Vienna. His research and publication focuses included the Austrian political system, party research, political financing, and corruption research.

Hubert Sickinger no longer alive

Sickinger was born in 1965 in Braunau am Inn, where he also attended elementary school and then the Federal Gymnasium and Federal Realgymnasium, graduating in 1983. After completing his studies in law and political science at the University of Innsbruck, where the then head of the institute, Anton Pelinka, became his doctoral advisor, Sickinger worked from 1992 as a research associate at the Institute for Conflict Research in Vienna.

Later, he received regular teaching assignments at the University of Vienna, from universities of applied sciences and university courses, as well as a guest professorship at the University of Salzburg. His focuses were on the Austrian political system and comparative political science.

(APA/Red)

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