Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
| 10.2015-03.2016 | Visiting Professor in Macrosociology, Institute of Sociology Institut, Free University Berlin. |
| since 04.2014 | Professor for Social Sciences at the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wroclaw |
| 10.2013-03.2014 | Visiting Professor in Methods, Department of Socio-Economics, University of Hamburg. |
| 10.2008-03.2013 | Assistant Professor "Sociology of European Societies", Institute of Sociology Institut, Free University Berlin |
| 04.2008-09.2008 | Parental leave |
| 10.2004-09.2008 | Research Associate at the Free University Berlin, Institute for Sociology, Group for Macrosociology, Professor Dr. Jürgen Gerhards |
| 02.2002-09.2004 | Research Associate at the University of Leipzig, Institute for Cultural Studies, Group for Cultural Sociology, Professor Dr. Jürgen Gerhards |
| 08.2001-01.2002 | Research Associate at the Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Research in the Project "Political Culture and Civic Activism“ |
| 05.2001-08.2001 | Study for the Öko-Institut Freiburg: „Made by Öko-Institut. Wissenschaft in einer bewegten Umwelt“ (Made by Öko-Institut. Science in a Changing Environment) |
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09.2000-08.2001 |
Continuation of the work as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter to Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht at the Science Centre Berlin (WZB), Department „Social Movements and Public Sphere“; now: Research Group „Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe“ |
| 01.2000-09.2000 | Visiting Researcher at the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury; funded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) |
| 03.1998-01.2000 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter to Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht at the Science Centre Berlin (WZB), Department „Social Movements and Public Sphere“; now: Research Group „Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe“
Project: „Transformation of Environmental Activism“, internationally coordinated by Prof. Christopher Rootes |
| 08.1994-09.1997 | Studentische Hilfskraft for Professor Helmut Kromrey, Institute for Sociology at the Free University Berlin, Section Methods for Empirical Research. |
Academic Positions Held
| since 2009 | Privatdozent (private lecturer with professoral rights) at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 07.2009 | Habilitation, venia legendi: "Sociology" |
| 04.2002 | Doctor-Degree (“magna cum laude”)
Dissertation: „Nationale Umweltorganisationen und der lange Weg nach Brüssel. Über die Europäisierung der deutschen und britischen Umweltbewegung.“ (National Environmental Organizations on the long road to Brussels. On the Europeanisation of the German and British Environmental Movement), Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Neidhardt and Prof. Dr. Dieter Rucht |
| 08.1997 | Final Examination (German Diplom) in Sociology (“very good”);
Additional subjects: Economics (specialisation: Organisation and Management) and Psychology |
| 05.1995 | Pre-degree in Economics |
| 05.1994 | Intermediate Examination in Economics |
| 04.1993 | additional studies in Economics |
| 09.1991 | University studies in Sociology, Free University Berlin |
Other
| since 2012 | Fellow at the Institut für Protest- und Bewegungsforschung (i.Gr.) |
| 2011 | Expert for the scientific forum "Public security" |
| 2009 | Expert for the national forum "Engagement and participation" organized by the Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement for the Bundesministeriums für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend [Federal ministry for family affairs, senior citizens, women and youth] |
| since 1999 | Editor: Forschungsjournal Neue Soziale Bewegungen |