Curriculum Vitae

since 09.01.2016  

Professor for Geography and Education at the Department of Human Geography Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

12/2008-01/2016

Juniorprofessor (W1 tenure track) for Geography and Education at the Department of Human Geography Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main (05/2009 bis 05/2010 maternity leave), 09/2012 positive evaluation and 12/2012 reappointment.

10/2007-11/2008

Visiting Professor (“Vertretungsprofessur”) for Geography and Education at the Department of Human Geography Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main

01/2005 -09/2007

Research assistant and lecturer (“C1”) at Department of Social Geography, Insti­tute for Geography, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

05.11.2003

PhD; thesis: “Räumliche Sprache und gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeit” (“Spatial Language and Social Reality”), supervisor Prof. B. Werlen

06/1998 – 12/2004

Research fellow and lecturer at Department of Social Geography, Institute for Geography, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

03-05/1998

Geographical and archaeological fieldwork in Sharjah, United Arabian Emirates, conducted by Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen / Sharjah Archaeological Museum, supervisor Prof. H.-P. Uerpmann

08/1997- 02/1998

Graduate research assistant at the Institute of Physical Geography, Albert-Ludwig-University Freiburg, DFG special program “Transformations of Geosphere and Biosphere“, section “Terrestrial Sediments”, project “Past Global Changes“, supervisor Prof. R. Mäckel

Freelancer at private planning agency Aquaplaning (Haferkorn/Amann), Freiburg

04.07.1997

M.A. (@ Masters degree) at Albert-Ludwig-University Freiburg, thesis: “Entwicklungsprojekte als strategische Räume” (“Development projects as strategic spaces“), supervisor Prof. H.-G. Bohle