Michael Leube was born in Innsbruck, Austria but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley (Anthropology and Comparative Religion) in 1994. After returning to Europe, he received his M.A. from the University of Vienna (Anthropology and Human Biology) in 1999 and his Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb (Anthropology) in 2003.
For the Wiener Zeitung, Leube worked as a journalist responsible for all topics concerning environmentalism. He worked on scientific assessments for development work in Guatemala (1999), India and Nepal (2000) and Kenya (2001.) From 2000 to 2013 he lived and worked as an anthropologist in Madrid and taught at various universities such as Universidad Nebrija, Syracuse University, University of California und Saint Louis University.
In the year 2013, he started to work full time as a professor of anthropology at the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences in the department of Design and Product Management. That year proved as pivotal because since then Leube researches and teaches on the interface between anthropology and design with a constant focus on pro-sociality and sustainability. He is convinced that good design must be well adapted for Homo sapiens and that all industrial projects have to be confronted with the anthropological sciences. After returning to Madrid, Leube now works for the IE University in the school of architecture and design and as a freelance advisor and researcher. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Madrid.
EDUCATION

University of California at Berkeley
1991-1994
B.A. Cultural Anthropology (Minor: Comparative Religious Studies)

University of Vienna
1995-1999
M.A. Cultural Anthropology (Minor: Biological Anthropology)

University of Zagreb
1999-2003
Ph.D. Anthropology
Thesis: “Culture and Evolution: Comparison of British Social Anthropology, American Cultural Anthropology and Vienna’s Kulturkreislehre”.
CERTIFICATES

d.school Stanford
Empathize and Prototype: a Hands On Dive into the Key Tools of Design Thinking
2014

TU Delft MOOC
CircularX: Circular Economy-An Introduction
2015
HUMANITARIAN WORK
Universidad Autonóma de Madrid/ Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala
Field-researcher in nutrition and anthropometrics for the evaluation of the intervention of international NGOs in the Lago Attitlan region
June-August 1999, Panajachel, Guatemala

AMREF (African Medical Research Foundation)
Field-research and assessment of primary/secondary schools and applied nutrition projects; writing of reports used for fundraising
July 2001, Mombassa, Kenya

Creative Handicrafts
Support and Field- research on sustainable development and empowerment of impoverished women
August 2002, Mumbay, India

OTHER STUFF
Languages
German (Fluent: Written/Spoken)
Englisch (Fluent: Written/Spoken)
Spanish (Fluent: Spoken)
Martial Arts
Hapkido
2nd Degree Black Belt
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