since 2020 Freelance Design and University Lecturer: Institute for Multimedia and Interactive Systems (IMIS) at the University of Luebeck
2008 Founding member of the “Center for Cultural Studies Lübeck” (ZKFL).
2008 Founding member of the working group “Tangible Interaction in Mixed Reality” and later specialist group “Tangible Interaction” (Fachgruppe Be-greifbeare Interaktion) of the German Society for Computer Science (GI)
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 / College of Fine Arts
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, as well as 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 at Universität Hamburg.
1972-1976 Study of free art/sculpture (Prof. Erwin Schutzbach) and 3D-Design at the Werkkunstschule/Fachhochschle für Design, Wiesbaden (heute Hochschule Rhein-Main)