Lectures
Research Conference of the Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF), Nuremberg (2026)
Migration Governance: The Psychosocial Integration of Indonesian Healthcare Professionals in German Clinics
Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Leuven (2026)
Well-Being, Values, and Visas: Challenges Faced by Indonesian Nurses in the German Healthcare System
International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE), Paris (2025)
Who Cares? Indonesian Healthcare Professionals in German Clinics and Nursing Homes
Global Development Network (GDN), Clermont-Ferrand (2025)
The Use of Social Media in the Recruitment and Preparation of Migrant Workers
Universitas UNS, Surakarta (2025)
Cross Cultural Communication in Europe and Asia (invited speaker)
Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta (2025)
Megatrends in Indonesia & Germany – an overview (keynote lecture)
Congress of the Netzwerk Fluchtforschung (NWFF), Bonn (2024)
Mit Geflüchteten über Beethovens Neunte Improvisieren (interactive conference presentation)
Congress of the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP), DenPasar (2024)
Migration Governance: The psycho-social integration of Indonesian health care professionals in German clinics
Congress of the European Association for South East Asian Studies (EUROSEAS), Amsterdam (2024)
Expectation management & integration challenges: Indonesian Nurses in Germany
Ludwigsburger Januargespräche Migration, Integration & Gesundheit (2024)
Who cares? – Indonesische Pflegefachkräfte für das deutsche Gesundheitssystem
Symposium of the Akademie RS, Hohenheim (2024)
Interkulturalität in der Verwaltung
Working Group Development & Public Administration (AKEV), Kehl (2023)
Entwicklungszusammenarbeit der HVF
Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research (IAIR), Rapperswil (2022)
Didactic Turnaround: International refugees train German Administrators
Congress of the European Association for South East Asian Studies (EUROSEAS), Paris (2022)
Taking care? Indonesian (wo)manpower for German nursing sector
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Yogyakarta (2021)
Comparing communication in ASEAN and EU (invited speaker)
Vielfalt Plus, Simmern (2021)
Wertevermittlung zwischen Kulturen (invited speaker)
Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD): Academic Forum at the Ecuador Summit, Quito (2020)
Migration & development: academic perspectives from a German Ethno-Psychologist (invited speaker)
Congress of the Netzwerk Fluchtforschung (NWFF), Cologne (2020)
Capacity Development for Migration Governance: Triple-win oder alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
Universitas Indonesia, Fakultas Ekonomi & Bisnis. Webinar Series, Jakarta (2020)
Western mindsets: cross-cultural-comparison of (business) behavior (invited speaker)
Higher Education Conference of the Otto Benecke Stiftung e.V., Königswinter (2020)
Angekommen in Deutschland? Wann ist Integration gelungen? (invited panelist)
Lecture Series “Intercultural Education in the Migration Society”, Ludwigsburg University of Education & University of Public Administration and Finance, Ludwigsburg (2020)
Developing cross-cultural competencies for public managers. Learning with and from refugees in Germany
The Global Health Equity Foundation Symposium, Bonn (2019)
Linking values, migration, mental health and cross-cultural learning
Fakultas Ekonomi & Bisnis of the University of Indonesia (FEB-UI), Jakarta (2019)
Local administration structures & mindsets in cultural comparison
Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH) & Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB): Conference “Changing Societies“, Paris (2017)
Refugees in Europe: A clash of „civilisations“? (invited keynote speaker)
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Bonn (2017)
Pro- und antisoziales Verhalten in Organisationen
HVF Conference “Flüchtlinge in den Arbeitsmarkt”, Ludwigsburg (2017)
Was Arbeit im Leben von Menschen bedeutet.„Schaffe & Häuslebauen“ im kulturellen Vergleich
Master Trainers’ Convention of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance (ToMaT), Jakarta (2015)
The participatory approach. Concept & applications (keynote speaker)
National Institute for Public Administration, Bogor (2014)
How to evaluate facilitators, lecturers and gurus?
LUXDEV Headquarters, Luxembourg (2014)
Building human resource capacity and promoting service quality in the tourism sector of Myanmar (invited presentation)
GFA Financial Management Conference, Denpasar (2014)
Coaching. An introduction into theory and practice
Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, Jakarta (2012)
Human capacity development for Indonesian Forestry Training Institutions
Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Jakarta (2011)
Standardizing Subnational Financial Management Trainings: A Roadmap
Conference of the European Association for South East Asian Studies, Gothenburg (2010)
A documentary approach to tradition and identity of an endangered speech community in Papua
Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV), Frankfurt (2009)
Fremdgehen mit Linguisten
Conference of the Max Planck Institut/DoBeS network,Nijmegen (2009)
Capacity Building at the CELD (zusammen mit Y. Sawaki)
Indonesian Ministry of Research and Technology (RISTEK), Jakarta (2009)
The international research program “Documentation of endangered languages”. Invited presentation at the Rapat Koordinasi Perizinan Penelitian Asing
Conference “Understanding conflicts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives”, University of Aarhus (2008)
Dealing with conflicts after the conflict: European and indigenous approaches for conflict transformation in East Timor
Conference of the International Association for Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP), Bremen (2008)
1. Measuring identity dimensions with illiterate subjects: the stoneman experiment
2. Psychosocial reconstruction after man-made disasters in Asia’s least developed country
Conference “Psychologie und Ethnologie im Dialog” (Cusanuswerk), Bonn (2007)
Methoden und Theorien der praktischen Ethnopsychologie: ganz nah – und doch so fern
Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EUROSEAS), Naples (2007)
Imagined modern communities, traditional structures and a powerful church
Conference of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Völkerkunde (DGV), Halle (2007)
Die Erfassung von Identität mittels Feldexperimenten
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM); Dept. of Psychology/ICBC, Yogyakarta (2007)
What helps? Evaluating the effects of developmental cooperation
Heidelberg University, Institute of Social Anthropology, Heidelberg (2007)
Person und Intervention am Rande Melanesiens
InWEnt Capacitybuilding International. Annual cross-cultural experts’ conference, Bad Honnef (2006)
Innovationsentwicklungen zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation und Management
Symposium on Civil-Military Cooperation (BiZBW), Mannheim (2006)
Was gewinnen wir durch interkulturelle Kompetenz? (keynote speaker)
AGEH Seminar on Psychotrauma, Cologne (2004)
“The crocodile and his therapist” – deconstructing East Timorese psycho-traumata
Congress of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), Manila (2003)
Psychosocial reconstruction in East Timor
Zentrum für Interkulturelle Psychologie (ZIP), Heidelberg (2003)
Vom Kulturkonflikt zur Konfliktkultur
Responding to Conflict/University of Birmingham: Summer course “Working with conflict”, Birmingham (2001)
An introduction to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Congress of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR), Ludwigshafen (2000)
Interkulturelles Lernen für Aktivitäten in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Summer Academy of the Graduate School for Clinical Emotion Research, Heidelberg (2000)
Interethnic Conflict Regulation. A case study at the Dani in West Papua.
Freies akademisches Forum zum Dialog von Wissenschaft, Kunst und klinischer Praxis, Cologne (1999)
Diagnostik in Trance. Traditionelle Heiler des Kumaon.
5th German Psychology Congress and 20th Congress for Applied Psychology, Berlin (1999)
Interkulturelles Coaching (with D. Agudelo)
University of Bareilly, Dept. of Psychology, Bareilly (1998)
Current tendencies in German Cross-cultural Psychology
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute of Anthropology, Mainz (1998)
Interkulturelle Kommunikation in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Conference on Ethnopsychology, Landau (1998)
Diagnostik in Trance. Humanistic approaches of indigenous Indian healers.
Chemnitz University of Technology, Institute for Empirical Socialisation Research, Chemnitz (1997)
Werthaltungen: Liebe, Macht & Angst vor’m Tod
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS & SEMINARS
University of Applied Science, Ludwigsburg
Lectures, seminars, projects, excursions, virtual classrooms & joint learning journeys, about: “Cross cultural & social competencies”, “Teambuilding”, “Negotiation Management”, “Fundamentals in Psychology”, “Gender in Public Management”, “Project management”, “International Development Cooperation”, “Immigration & Integration”, “Human Resource Development”,”Artificial Intelligence”, “Migration Governance”, “Analyzing Megatrends”, “Public Management in France”, “Identity in Cross-Cultural Perspective”, “Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction” (2016–2026)
Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
Focus groups & Qualitative research methods for migration researchers (2019)
GIZ & Präsidialamt Timor Leste, Dili (Timor Leste)
Cross Cultural Competence for Administrators (2015)
Human Ressource Development Strategy workretreat/studytour (2015)
GIZ Akademie für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Bad Honnef
Tailor made Management Trainings (2013)
Fachdidaktische Fortbildung für interkulturelle Trainer (2011)
Umgang mit Stress, Belastung und Trauma (2010)
Interkulturelle Orientierung und Landeskompetenzen Asien (seit 1999)
Universitas Sam Ratulangi, Manado (Indonesia)
Coaching on methodology (2011)
Federal Academy for Defense Administration and Defense Technology, Mannheim
Intercultural competence (since 2008)
Universitas Brawijaya, Malang (Indonesia)
Training of Trainers on local financial management (2010)
Universitas Papua Negeri, Manokwari (Indonesia)
Resident Guest Lecturer/Adviser on methodology (seit 2009)
University of Passau
Practical intercultural skills for working in Southeast Asia (2008)
Remagen University of Applied Sciences
Cross-cultural Management (Vertretung Prof. Kammhuber, 2008)
University of Applied Sciences Kehl
Cross-cultural Communication in Anglophone Countries (2007)
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta (Indonesien)
Annual invited lectures on best practices in applied international affairs (2007)
Universitas Syah Kuala, Banda Aceh (Indonesia)
Improving methods for health sector qualification (2006)
Goethe-Institut (Timor Leste)
German as a foreign language. Introduction for East Timorese DAF didactics (2004
Instituto Católico para Formação de Professores, Baucau (Timor Leste)
Capacity building with East Timorese teachers and researchers (2002-2005)
Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg
Intercultural communication (1999)
Culture-comparative emotion research (2000)
Interethnic conflicts (2000/2001))
Developmental Anthropology of East Timor (2002)
Westphalian Wilhelm University of Münster
Key Qualifications for Applied Cultural Studies: Intercultural Communication and Cooperation (2001)
