Curriculum Vitae

born 1972 in Munich/Germany

1996 Diploma in Social Work at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Munich (Katholische Stiftungsfachhochschule München)

1998-1999 National Leader of the Youth Organisation "Young Catholic Students" (Katholische Studierende Jugend - KSJ)

1999-2002 Member of the Doctorate Program "Youth Welfare in Transition" of the German Research Foundation (DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Jugendhilfe im Wandel") at the University of Bielefeld

2001-2002 Pedagogue for international and political youth education, Hedwig-Dransfeld-Haus/Bendorf

2002 PhD in Educational Science at the Faculty for Pedagogy at the University of Bielefeld

2004 Diploma in Educational Science at the Faculty for Pedagogy at the University of Bielefeld

2002-2006 Project Co-Ordinator of the Center of Competence for Informal Education (Kompetenzzentrum Informelle Bildung - KIB) and of the scientific monitoring of the National Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Families, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) "Youth to the Web" (Bundesinitiative "Jugend ans Netz") at the Faculty for Pedagogy at the University of Bielefeld

2006-2010 Professor for Social Work and Early Childhood Education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Northrhine-Westfalia, Department Aachen

2010-2013 Professor for Social Work and Early Childhood Education at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Northrhine-Westfalia, Department Köln

2013-2017 Professor for Social Works and Ethics at the University of Vechta

since 2017  Professor for Child and Youth Welfare and Social Work at the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Cologne