Renée Schroeder was born on Brazil where her father worked as an electrical engineer.

From June 2001 to November 2005, she was on the Bioethics Commission, launched by the Austrian government.

This long-lasting commitment earned her the 2001 Special Honor Award "For Women in Science", donated by UNESCO and the company L'Oreal, and in 2007, she was awarded the Vienna Women's Prize (Wiener Frauenpreis).

[3] Schroeder also spoke frequently about the church and religion as well as about women and their worldview.

[8] In May 2012, Renée Schroeder resigned from the Academy, to protest the lack of promotion of excellence and the high proportion of Catholic German Student Fraternity members in the Academy.