After reading law in Hungary and Germany, she earned her doctoral degree at the University of Trier, Germany. She joined the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2012, where she specialises in European and Austrian labour and social security law. Erika published widely in three languages in various legal journals (Comp. Lab. L. & Pol'y J., ELLJ, EuZA, etc), was invited speaker of many prestigious conferences (eg. ELLN, LLRN) and have been involved in numerous international research projects.