since 2020 Freelance Design and University Lecturer: Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems (IMIS) at the University of Luebeck
2001-2020 University Lecturer, Researcher, and Project Leader: Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems (IMIS) at the University of Luebeck
1999-2000 Research Associate: Ruhr-University Bochum
1996-1998 Visiting Professor: University of Wismar – University of Technology, Business, and Design / Design Department
1995-1996 Freelance Designer
1994 Dissertation at Universität Hamburg
1994 Visiting Professor: Boston University / Arts Department.
1993 Researching and writing my Ph.D. thesis supported by Harvard University.
1991-1992 Research Associate: Network for Education and Culture, Schleswig-Holstein
1989-1991 Freelance Designer
1985-1992 Visiting Professor: Hamburg University of Applied Sciences / Design Department
1983-1988 Researcher, Exhibition Design: Museum for Art and Cultural History: Realization of the museum for industrial and working culture “Geschichtswerkstatt Herrenwyk”, Hanseatic City of Lübeck
1979/80 One-year scholarship, BGSU, Ohio, USA: Research on current trends in aesthetics and art theory and art events in the USA, also through many study trips to many metropolises in the USA.
1976-1982 Interdisciplinary studies: with a focus on philosophy (Prof. Dr. Heinz Paetzold) and pedagogy (Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik), art history (Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp), composition (Prof. György Ligeti), sinology (Prof. Dr. Mau-Tsai Liu), as well as sociology and psychology.
1972-1976 Study of free art/sculpture (Prof. Erwin Schutzbach) and 3D-Design at the Werkkunstschule and Hochschule für Design, Wiesbaden