… CHRONOLOGICAL
→ born: on 08.08.1968 in Stuttgart
→ grew up: in Berlin, Frankfurt & Cologne
→ School education (1974-1987): in Pulheim
→ Apprenticeship as wholesale and foreign trade merchant (1987-1989): in Cologne
→ University studies in psychology and ethnology (1989-1997): at the universities of Cologne & Kathmandu
→ PhD (2007): at the Faculty of Behavioural and Empirical Social Sciences at the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg
→ Occupation (1997-2001): adult education and organisational development in Rhineland and Neckar
→ Development worker (2002-2005): teacher training and project management in East Timor
→ Adviser & Researcher (2006-2010): development cooperation, research & education in several ASEAN countries and France
→ Civil affairs officer in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (2011)
→ Freelance international consultant and evaluator (2012-2015): in Asia, Africa and Europe
→ Professorship for Intercultural and Social Competencies (since 2016): HVF Ludwigsburg
Guiding subjects in life: Culture & development, cross-cultural psychology, folk, change management, sustainability (SDGs), international capacity development, action research, “crossing borders”.
… ETHNO-LOGICAL
→ Study of social anthropology (ethnology) at the University of Cologne
→ Research, studies and working stays in Australia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malawi, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam, among others
→ Lecturer at the universities of Heidelberg, Münster & Passau
→ Dissertation on psychosocial reconstruction in East Timor; post-doctoral studies at EHESS (Paris)
→ Visiting scholar of the Research school for Asian and Pacific studies at the Australian National University (ANU)
→ OSCE election observer in Albania, Armenia and Macedonia; United Nations Civil Affairs Officer in Haiti
→ Development of a university institute for the documentation of indigenous knowledge in West Papua
→ Moderation of high level consulting processes in South East Asia
→ Intercultural perspective change training for administrations and refugees
→ board member of the Bonn Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Learning (BIM eV)
→ Design and implementation of third-party funded projects (VW Foundation, DAAD, GFD, BIM, Humus, GIZ, BWS) for international summer schools, collaborative research and congress organisation
Main areas of work: Cultural change, indigenous knowlege, social inclusion, crisis intervention, diversity management, instruments of development cooperation, conflict transformation, impact monitoring, migration governance, forced migration & integration.
… PYSCHOLOGICAL
→ Graduated psychologist with a focus on intercultural, business & clinical psychology
→ Module Coordinator “Psychology” & “Cross Cultural Competence” for the BA program “Public Management” (HVF)
→ Independent assessor for university accreditations (ACQUIN) and international partnerships (DAAD)
→ Head of the STEINBEIS Institute International Capacity Development
→ HPG certification & client centered psychotherapy training
→ Psychosocial counselling for refugees
→ Scholar of the Graduiertenkolleg Clinical Emotion Research (DFG)
→ Initiator of the Psychological Professional Association in East Timor
→ Conference organization with the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) and the Research Network on forced migration (NWFF)
→ Advisory work and organizational consultancies in seven countries; several years of work for the German Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ/DSE/InWEnt)
→ Coaching of executives and facilitators of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance
→ Keynotespeaker and leadership trainings at BiZBW, GFMD and the World Bank
Main areas of work: Intercultural communication & human ressource development, international management, social competence, identity, leadership development, AI, globalisation, megatrends, evaluation & methodology.
… UN-LOGICAL
→ Favourite hobbies: Long distance hiking & performing music
→ Favourite food: Carp – Polish in beer sauce
→ Favourite author: Nigel Barley
Most important, lasting insight: lain desa – lain adat, lain sawah – lain belalang (Indonesian: different village, different customs – different rice field, different grasshoppers).
