Education and Qualifications
1978: High School Diploma (Abitur) „Altes Gymnasium“ in Bremen
1985: Master of Arts (Eberhard-Karls University of Tübingen)
American Studies, English Literature, Sociology, Educational Studies (1988; additional exam)
1991: PhD (University of Bremen)
Thesis: „Academic Workers Education in the US and Germany“ (Bremen University Press 1991)
2000: Habilitation (University of Hamburg)
Thesis: „The Development of Adult Education in Hamburg, 1945 – 1972“ (Münster: Lit-Verlag 2000)
Professional Experience
2006, ongoing: Professor for Adult Education at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Armed Forces Hamburg
2018 (May-August): Visiting Professor, Adult Education Department, St. Francis Xavier University and the Coady International Institute in Antigonish, Nova Scotia Canada
2012: Visiting Professor at the Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt, Austria (teaching a seminar on „Important Writings on Adult Education: Historical and current dimensions“)
2007: Visiting Professor at OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (teaching a summer course on „Aspects of European Adult Education)
2005 (January-March): Visiting Professor at OISE, University of Toronto
2001 – 2006: Professor for Adult Education at the University of Flensburg
1996 – 2001: Assistant Professor for Adult Education at the University of Hamburg
1994 – 1996: Lecturer for Adult Education at the University of Tübingen
1991 – 1994: Postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Social Science in Dortmund; focusing on European adult education and further training
Teaching
Courses and lectures: Introduction to Adult Education; History of adult education; Theory of adult education; Institutions and organizations of adult education; Adult Learning; Further vocational training;, Citizenship education and community development; Adult education and politics; Competences and key qualifications; Research oriented seminars: Adult education and critical media education; Adult Education and professional development; Adult Education and technological development; Adult Education in Europe; International Aspects of Adult Education in Canada, Great Britain, USA and Africa
Selected Projects since 2008
January 2021 – December 2023
Literacy in Dialogue – Participatory, Reflexive and Action oriented Research (Alpha Laboratory). Participatory Research concerning Literacy as social Practice in in Adult Literacy Courses.
February 2019 – March 2022
Further vocational training of medical doctors; Development and implementation of a concept.
July 2017 – December 2020
“Numeracy as social practice: Historical and current dimensions”
June 2017 – December 2019
“Paid educational leave: Biographical consequences with regards to lifelong learning”
2015 –2016
“Evaluation of 54 projects concerning literacy and basic education”
2008 – 2011
“Literacy as Social Practise: An urban district revisited”
Academic self-government
2020 – 2023
Vice-President for International Affairs at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Armed Forces Hamburg
2013 – 2017
Vice-President Academic at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Armed Forces Hamburg
2011 – 2013
Dean of the Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Armed Forces Hamburg,
2008 – 2011
Dean (education) for the BA- and MA-programme Educational Science of the Faculty for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Helmut-Schmidt-University/University of Armed Forces Hamburg
Membership in Academic Associations
Since 1995
Member for the German Educational Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft/DGfE)
Since 1997
Member of ESREA (European Society for Research in Adult Education)
2002 – 2006
Chair of the „Committee of Adult Education of the DGfE“ (Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der DGfE)
2006 – 2008
Member of the „Committee of Adult Education of the DGfE“ (Sektion Erwachsenenbildung der DGfE)
2012 – 2016
Member of the governing board of the DGfE
2014 – 2016
Vice-President of the governing board of the DGfE
Letzte Änderung: 5. Dezember 2024