1983-1989 Studied prehistoric archaeology, ethnology and biology with a focus on botany at the Universities of Tübingen and Freiburg i. Brsg. 1994 Doctorate University of Freiburg i. Brsg. 2012 Habilitation University of Zurich.
Since 1983 student assistant at the State Monuments Office of Baden-Württemberg, 1988 - 2012 employee of the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern, underwater and wetland archaeology, management of archaeological projects in lakes, bogs and high alpine ice sites, mainly Neolithic and Bronze Age. Since 2004 participation in the UNESCO World Heritage candidature ‘Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps’, successfully completed in 2011. Since August 2012 Full Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology and Co-Director of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences.
Co-Editor: Journal of Glacial Archaeology www.journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/JGA/issue/current
Member of the Editorial Board: Journal of Wetland Archaeology www.maneyonline.com/loi/jwa
Member of the Editorial Board: Journal of Neolithic Archaeology www.jungsteinsite.de
Member of the International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage (ICOMOS) www.icuch.icomos.org
Member of the Swiss Society of Underwater Archaeology (GSU) www.gsu.ch
Albert Hafner is an adjunct researcher at the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Reserach OCCR at the University of Bern. www.oeschger.unibe.ch/people/personalpage
