Curriculum Vitae

  • retired since October 2017
  • 1997-2017 Professor for Education with a focus on Media Education at Ludwigsburg University of Education; Head of the Department for Media Education at the Institute for Education
  • Scientific monitoring at Technical University of Dresden, Institute for Social Education; Issue: Evaluation of the project „Aktionsprogramm gegen Aggression und Gewalt” (“Action programme against aggression and violence”); subsection „Social Videography“ (1993-1995)
  • Lectureships in Youth Sociology at Karlsruhe University (1991/1992) and Media Education at Tübingen University (1992-1996)
  • Lecturer at Zivildienstschule Karlsruhe (1991-1996)
  • Ph.D. (Dr.rer.soc.) at the Institute for Education, Tübingen University (1991); PhD thesis on “Erfahrungsproduktion mit Medien” („Experience Production with Media”)
  • Youth Education teacher at the Youth Education Centre in the Odenwald district (1981-1990); during this time development and scientific monitoring of a media-educational youth project in rural areas
  • Youth Worker (leader) in the Protestant Church Community in Frankfurt/Main-Sindlingen (1977-1980)
  • Studies of Education, Sociology and Psychology at Tübingen University and at Freiburg University of Education; Focus: Social Education; Diploma 1977
  • born 1952 in Lörrach; Abitur (1971) at the Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium (Lörrach)