Career History
- 2000–2004
Studied Education, Art History, and Information Science at Saarland University
- 2005–2006
Research Assistant, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland.
- 2006–2007
Research Assistant, University of Zurich, E-Learning Center
- 2007–2011
Deputy Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Zurich
- 2008–2011
Ph.D., began at the University of Augsburg; transferred to the University of the German Armed Forces in Munich in 2010, Faculty of Education
- 2011–2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Duisburg-Essen, Chair of Media Didactics and Knowledge Management
- 2013–2019
Professor (W1) of Education with a focus on school development, Technical University of Kaiserslautern (2016: Positive interim evaluation)
- 2019–2021
University Professor (W2) of Education with a focus on School Pedagogy, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Social Sciences
- 2020–2023
Associate Dean of the Department of Social Sciences at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Since 2021
University Professor (W3) of Education with a focus on School Pedagogy, RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
- Since 2025
Vice President for Academic Affairs at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau
Research Focus
My research focuses on the intersection of media studies and (higher) education pedagogy, with a particular emphasis on how pedagogical practices can address societal transformation processes and how educational institutions can be structured accordingly. As part of my research, I focus, among other things, on school and higher education development, as well as pedagogical practice in the digital age, and on the professionalism and professional development of teachers and educational administrators. Other topics include inequality and difference in educational contexts, as well as the university as an educational institution. In terms of research methodology, I am particularly interested in qualitative-reconstructive approaches, as well as development- and design-oriented approaches.
Current Additional Functions and Memberships
Member of the Future Board of the “School of the Future” initiative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
Member of the Advisory Board of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Institute of Education
Member of the Steering Committee of the Virtual Campus Rhineland-Palatinate (VCRP)
Vice Chair of the Continuing Education Center at Westpfalz-Klinikum e.V.
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Higher Education Admissions (SfH)
Chair of the Association for the General Promotion of International Understanding, Culture, and Education at RPTU e. V.
Member of the Quality Management Advisory Board at Bielefeld University (accepted)
Member of the Academic Advisory Board of the Oberstufen-Kolleg Experimental School
Member of the Advisory Board of the Professional School of Education Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg (PSE)
Member and Vice Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of ifib GmbH, Bremen