2019 Doctorate at Leibniz University of Hanover on the topic ‘Business ethics - a phenomenological contribution to the theoretical foundation’ (summa cum laude)
2006-2017 Studied philosophy at the University of Trier (degree: Magister Artium)
2005-2010 Studied economics at the University of Trier (Degree: Dipl.-Volksw.)
2008 University of Helsinki/Helsinki School of Economics ‘Doing Business in Asia’
2006 University of Helsinki/Helsinki School of Economics ‘Business Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility’
Professional Career
Since the end of 2016 Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Business Ethics, University of St. Gallen
Since Oct. 2011 Lecturer and Researcher at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Work and Employment Studies at the Leibniz University of Hanover
2011 Research assistant at the Chair of ‘Theoretical Philosophy’ of Prof Dr Peter Welsen
2010-2011 Research assistant at the Chair of ‘Work, Personnel and Organisation’ of Prof. Dr. Axel Haunschild
2009 Assistant in the project ‘Work-Life Balance in the Creative Industries’, supervised by Prof. Dr Axel Haunschild and JProf. Dr Julia Reuter, Sociology, University of Trier
2009 Assistant in the project ‘Age Diversity at the Workplace’, supervised by Heike Schröder, Department of Human Resource Management, Middlesex University Business School, London
2009 - 2010 Research assistant at the Chair of Economics, in particular Labour, Human Resources and Organisation, Deputy Chair PD. Dr. Uwe Jirjahn, since 2010 Chair of Labour Economics, Prof. Dr. Uwe Jirjahn
2008 - 2010 Research assistant at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Labour, Human Resources and Organisation, Prof. Dr. Axel Haunschild
Teaching Activities
Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Digital Ethics
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
Sustainability
Human Resource Management
New Work Management, Digitalisation and AI
Projects
2018 – 2020 : Digital Society: explorations in unknown terrains, with Thomas Beschorner and Miriam Meckel, University of St.Gallen, Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation
2016 - 2019 Sustainability through Co-Determination – Implementing and Continuing social and ecological sustainability, with Eva Clasen, Axel Haunschild, Rita Meyer und Hans-Gerd Ridder, Leibniz University of Hanover, Funded by the Hans-Böckler Foundation
2016 - 2018 Institutional Reform of the non-tenured Faculty Representation at the University of St.Gallen, Funded by the University of St.Gallen
2016 - 2017 Developement and Accreditation of an extra-occupational Masters Program „Work and Employment Studies“ (Arbeitswissenschaft) at the Leibniz University of Hanover
2015 - 2017 Reconceptialisation and Accreditation of the University’s Certificate-Program for professionals „Work and Employment Studies“ (Weiterbildungsstudium Arbeitswissenschaft, WA)
2012 - 2013 Further Education at the Faculty of Economics of the Leibniz University of Hanover (Program Conceptualisation and Developement) with Axel Haunschild, Elisabeth Wienemann and Joachim Selck-Breusing
2011 - 2012 Trade Unions and Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe, with European Partners. Coordination: Michael Gold, Lutz Preuss und Chris Rees, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Team Germany: Axel Haunschild, Florian Krause, University of Trier/Leibniz University of Hanover
Affiliations
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Society for Business Ethics (SBE)
German Association for Phenomenology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung e.V., DGPF)
German Association for Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie, DGPhil)
Awards
2024 Journal of Business Ethics, Top Contributing Reviewer 2024
2021 Arthur Rich Preis (Anerkennungspreis)
2015 The Society for Business Ethics Founders' Award
2005 Urkunde für «vorbildliche Haltung und beispielhaften Einsatz in der Schule» der Ministerin für Bildung, Frauen und Jugend des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz
2003/2004 Urkunde zur «Anerkennung des herausragenden sozialen Engagements» der Schulleitung, des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Bendorf und des Landrates des Landkreises Mayen-Koblenz
