Curriculum Vitae
2019-2023
granted leave of absence at the University of Siegen for the interim professorship Political Science and Political Didactics at Karlsruhe University of Education
2019
Interim professorship German Politics at the University of Siegen
2018
Appointment as adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Siegen
2016
Appointment as lecturer (Akademischer Rat) in Political Science at the University of Siegen
2013-2016
Lecturer in the areas of expertise Political Systems and Comparative Politics with the core themes Political Communication / Political Culture at the University of Siegen
2011
Appointment as adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2010-2012
Lecturer in the areas of expertise European Studies and Political Theory at the University of Wuppertal
2010
Interim professorship Comparative Political Systems and Policy Analysis / Senior lecturer at the University of Düsseldorf
2009-2010
Interim professorship German Political System at the University of Düsseldorf
2008
Visiting lecturer of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Damascus, Syria
since 2008
Speaker of the standing group „Politics and Culture“ of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
2007-2009
Lecturer in the areas of expertise Political Theory and Comparative Political Systems at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2007
Interim professorship Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2007-2018
Vice chairman (2007-2015) and chairman (2015-2018) of the Institute for European Citizenship Politics (EuCiP)
2005-2007
Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2005
Research assistant in the project of the German Research Foundation (DFG) „A Network of Active Citizens. An Explorative Study on the Functioning of Civil Society“ at the University of Dortmund
2005
Habilitation and lectureship at the University of Wuppertal; venia legendi for Political Science
2000-2008
Speaker of the standing group „Politics, Culture and Language“ of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
1999-2003
Academic employee in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
1997-2000
Co-organiser of the annual New Hampshire Symposiums in Conway, USA, with grants by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1993-1999
Professorial assistant in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
1992
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Munich (LMU)
1990-1992
Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES)
1990-1991
Research assistant in Political Science at the University of Munich (LMU)
1990
Study visit at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin (HUB) with grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1990
Tutor for students in their Junior Year in Munich of the Wayne State University, Detroit
1988-1989
Postgraduate assistant ad interim in Political Science at the University of Munich (LMU)
1988
Study visit in the GDR at the University of Berlin (HUB) with grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1988
Master's degree (M.A.) at the University of Munich (LMU)
1983-1988
Study of Political Science, Modern German Literature, and German Language at the Saarland University and at the University of Munich (LMU)
granted leave of absence at the University of Siegen for the interim professorship Political Science and Political Didactics at Karlsruhe University of Education
2019
Interim professorship German Politics at the University of Siegen
2018
Appointment as adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Siegen
2016
Appointment as lecturer (Akademischer Rat) in Political Science at the University of Siegen
2013-2016
Lecturer in the areas of expertise Political Systems and Comparative Politics with the core themes Political Communication / Political Culture at the University of Siegen
2011
Appointment as adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2010-2012
Lecturer in the areas of expertise European Studies and Political Theory at the University of Wuppertal
2010
Interim professorship Comparative Political Systems and Policy Analysis / Senior lecturer at the University of Düsseldorf
2009-2010
Interim professorship German Political System at the University of Düsseldorf
2008
Visiting lecturer of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) at the University of Damascus, Syria
since 2008
Speaker of the standing group „Politics and Culture“ of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
2007-2009
Lecturer in the areas of expertise Political Theory and Comparative Political Systems at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
2007
Interim professorship Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2007-2018
Vice chairman (2007-2015) and chairman (2015-2018) of the Institute for European Citizenship Politics (EuCiP)
2005-2007
Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
2005
Research assistant in the project of the German Research Foundation (DFG) „A Network of Active Citizens. An Explorative Study on the Functioning of Civil Society“ at the University of Dortmund
2005
Habilitation and lectureship at the University of Wuppertal; venia legendi for Political Science
2000-2008
Speaker of the standing group „Politics, Culture and Language“ of the German Political Science Association (DVPW)
1999-2003
Academic employee in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
1997-2000
Co-organiser of the annual New Hampshire Symposiums in Conway, USA, with grants by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1993-1999
Professorial assistant in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal
1992
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the University of Munich (LMU)
1990-1992
Scholarship by the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES)
1990-1991
Research assistant in Political Science at the University of Munich (LMU)
1990
Study visit at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin (HUB) with grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1990
Tutor for students in their Junior Year in Munich of the Wayne State University, Detroit
1988-1989
Postgraduate assistant ad interim in Political Science at the University of Munich (LMU)
1988
Study visit in the GDR at the University of Berlin (HUB) with grant by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
1988
Master's degree (M.A.) at the University of Munich (LMU)
1983-1988
Study of Political Science, Modern German Literature, and German Language at the Saarland University and at the University of Munich (LMU)