Dr. Matthias Traimer

Matthias Traimer was born in Vienna in 1963. After completing his law studies at the University of Vienna, basic military service and court practice, he worked for five years as a university assistant at the former Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law (now the Institute for Austrian and European Public Law) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, where he was involved in teaching and research. 1990 Doctorate in law at the University of Vienna on the subject of cross-border television in Europe. 1995 Joined the Constitutional Service of the Austrian Federal Chancellery as a legal advisor. 1999/2000 Founding of the department specialising in broadcasting and media law under the direction of Matthias Traimer, who has since been involved with his team as an expert in most of the legislative processes relevant to European and national communications law. Matthias Traimer is also a permanent lecturer in communications law at various universities (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Universities of Vienna and Graz, European University Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder). He is a co-founder and board member of the Research Institute for the Law of Electronic Mass Media (REM) in Vienna and has published a number of publications in the broadcasting and media sector.