Partners & Advisory Board – Green Light Project

Our Partners

ÖH Uni Wien – Student Union at the University of Vienna

The Green Light Project is funded by ÖH Uni Wien. ÖH Uni Wien represents the interests of students at the University of Vienna and supports student projects dealing with socially relevant topics such as health, education and prevention.

ÖGFSSG – Austrian Society for the Promotion of Sexual Medicine and Sexual Health

The Green Light Project is funded by ÖGFSSG. ÖGFSSG is committed to sound, scientifically based sexual education and the advancement of sexual medicine in Austria. It promotes research, training and professional exchange.

Our Advisory Board

Univ. Prof.in Dr.in med. Michaela Bayerle-Eder

President of the Austrian Society for the Promotion of Sexual Medicine and Sexual Health (ÖGFSSG), ESSM 2025 Congress Chair, Fellow of the European Committee for Sexual Medicine, Medical University of Vienna / AKH Wien.

a.o. Univ. Prof.in Dr.in Beate Wimmer-Puchinger

President of the Austrian Association of Professional Psychologists (BÖP), founder of Austria's first Women's Health Centre F.E.M., university professor, clinical and health psychologist.

Mag.a Heidemarie König

Educational director of the Institute for Sex Education and Sexual Therapy (ISP). Clinical and health psychologist, sex educator, clinical sexologist (Sexocorporel), bio- and neurofeedback therapist.

Further Supporters

Mag.a Dr.in Elisabeth Ponocny-Seliger

Mag.a Dr.in Elisabeth Ponocny-Seliger is an occupational psychologist as well as a clinical and health psychologist, specialising in coaching and gender & diversity research. She lectures in psychological gender and diversity research at the University of Vienna, Paris-Lodron University Salzburg, and Sigmund Freud Private University. She supports and accompanies the Green Light Project from a gender and diversity psychology perspective.

Mag. Dr. Julia Riegler

Mag. Dr. Julia Riegler is Senior Lecturer in qualitative research methods at the Institute for Cognition, Emotion and Methods at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna. Her doctoral dissertation examined the phenomenon of chronic coital pain experiences in women from a feminist cultural psychology perspective. Her current teaching and research focuses on qualitative methods didactics and subjective perspectives on sustainable change against the backdrop of social inequalities.

Dr. Olaf Kapella

Dr. Olaf Kapella is a social pedagogue, social worker and research coordinator at the Austrian Institute for Family Research (ÖIF). His research focuses on strategic family research in an international context, evaluation research on family policy measures and child and youth welfare, violence research and men's studies, and sex education. He is a member of various European bodies, including the WHO-Europe and BIÖG Expert Group for Sex Education and the scientific advisory board of the German violence study LeSuBiA.

We welcome any further support — whether professional, organisational or simply through networking. Every contribution strengthens our initiative and enables us to reach more young people.

If you are interested in collaborating or providing expert support, please contact our Head of Association, Helena Ziegler, at helena.ziegler@greenlightproject.eu or use our contact form.