Klaus Renoldner
born 1949 in Upper Austria,
studied medicine and cultural anthropology in Vienna. Graduation Dr. med. univ. 1973.
1974 and 1976 field studies in medical anthropology with a special focus on the interaction of traditional and western medicine among the Azande, Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) Training as General Practionioner (licence 1977)
1977 to 1982 working in Paraguay, human rights andprimary health care for the indigenous group of Mya-Guarani, development programme, co-financed by the Austrian government.
From 1983 till 2011 GP and community physician in the rural community of Poella, Lower Austria.
Health care project evaluation studies in Africa and Latin America on the request of various international organizations.
Since 1983 member, and from 1996 till 2023 president of the Austrian chapter of IPPNW (International Physicians for the Preventionof Nuclear War),
accredited representative of IPPNW at UN Vienna,
From1998 till 2002, from 2007 till 2011 and again from 2014 till 2018 elected chairperson, NGO-committee-on-peace at UN Vienna.
Many activities and publications in the field of primary health care, prevention, intercultural health and communication, peace and disarmament, sustainable development, sustainable life-style, cycling and health.
1996 and following years: development of Triple Benefit Principle.
2011 to 2014 studies of sustainable development, management and policy at Modul University Vienna. 2014 valedictorian graduation M.Sc.
2014/15 visiting scholar with a seminar on Triple Benefit Principle at Columbia University, New York, USA.
Independent consultant and lecturer; lecturer at MODUL UNIVERSITY VIENNA, at Paracelsus University Salzburg, Medical University Vienna, University of Applied Sciences Joanneum, and Pädagogische Hochschule NÖ.
Guest lecturer at Charité Berlin, Medical University Leipzig, University Vienna, Columbia University New York, VetMedUni Wien and others.
Lecturer in the Cycle of “Fucture Lectures” at various Austrian Universities