*1963 in Cologne

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Work at university

Since Oct. 2008
Vice-Rector of the University of Duisburg-Essen, with responsibility for Diversity Management
Since March 2007
Professor for political sciences, in particular social policy at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Oct. 2004 - Feb. 2007
Professor for social policy at the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, Mönchengladbach
1997-2004
Lecturer at the Universities of Essen, Frankfurt a.M. and Cologne, Germany
June - Aug. 2004
Research Fellow at the Hanse-Institute for Advanced Studies, Delmenhorst
August 1996 - September 2004
Senior researcher in the field of social policy at the WSI (Institute for Economic and Social Research). Numerous publications on the
future of social security, social security and justice, European social policy, social protection for women, old age and health care systems, labour market policy etc
July 1995 - July 1996
Member of a interdisciplinary research group at the "Center for European Social Policy", University of Mannheim, Germany, working on the historical development of welfare states in Europe and their influence on income distribution.
July 1994 - July 1995
Member of a research group at the Universities of Frankfurt a.M. and Bremen, working on the current and future problems of financing social security in selected member states of the EU
Since July 1991
Member of the "ASEG"- research project at the University of Frankfurt, headed by Prof. Dr. R. Hauser and Prof. Dr. D. Döring, dealing with social protection of the elderly in Europe.

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Academic background

From July 1991 on
Graduate student for economics (with emphasis on social policy) at the University of Frankfurt a.M., Germany; PhD in economics 1995
Subject of the doctoral dissertation: Social protection for the elderly in Italy - with special emphasis on the protection of women and the problem of poverty (Published by Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997) The dissertation received the Matthöfer-award for economic research in 1997
June 1991
Diploma in economics
May 1990
Final academic examination in philosophy, German language and literature and pedagogics (M.A. - equivalent); subject of the final thesis: The idea of political freedom in the works of Hannah Arendt
studies at the University of Cologne, Germany

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School education

Grammar school „Gymnasium Hürth-Bonnstraße"; final examinations: summer 1982

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Work and study experiences in foreign countries

Sept. - Dec. 2003
Research Fellow at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Since 1996
Participation in numerous international conferences in European countries, Asia, the US and South America.
Spring 1999
Participation in the U.S. international visitors' program
Spring 1996
Series of lectures at the University of Lyon, France, on developments and problems in the field of social policy in Germany and Europe.
1992, 1993 and 1994
Several longer stays in Rome, Italy, for research
September 1994
Participation in the summer workshop of the "European Economic Association" (EEA) in Florence, Italy
July - August 1993
Summer school of the empirical databank "Luxembourg Income Studies" (LIS), Luxembourg
July - August 1991
Summer university Urbino, Italy
Several longer stays in France, working for French organisations
June - September 1984
Teaching at a summer camp in Newton, New Jersey (USA)

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Academic interests

International and comparative European welfare state research, in particular family policy, pension systems, labour market research, gender research

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Political commissions

2004 - 2005
Member of a scientific commission working on flexibility and social cohesion on behalf of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Since May 2008
Member of the German "Council for Sustainable Development"
Since June 2008
Member of the German expert commission on equality issues

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Languages

Fluent English, oral and written
proficient French and Italian