Wolfgang Andexlinger studied architecture at the TU Vienna as well as at the TU Delft in the Netherlands. He worked for several years as a lecturer at the Institute for Urban Design and Spatial Planning at the University of Innsbruck, where he received his PhD and his habilitation. Since 2016 he is the city planner of Innsbruck and heads the Department for Urban Planning, Urban Development and Integration of the City of Innsbruck.