business education and vocational education
Instructional Design
Curriculum Research
Higher Education Development
Design based Research
instructional Designs
competence
curriculum research
school development
entrepreneurship education
Programm Development in Higher Education
research based teaching
June 2006 Dr. rer pol., University of Paderborn (PhD) (Faculty of business administration and economics in the area of business studies and human resource education (Wirtschaftspaedagogik), Thesis: The self reflecting Learner
2000 Diplom Handelslehrerin, (MSc) (Human resource education and vocational training) Faculty of business administration, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, Thesis: Implementation of a curricular reform in the German dual system of VET
1996 Diplom Betriebswirtin, (MSc) (Business administration), University of applied science, Augsburg, Germany, Thesis: Communication in intercultural working-groups
Since February 2015 Professor for Business Education, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
April 2010 - January 2015 Professor for Business and Human Resource Education and Curricula Research at the University of Cologne
Oct 2009 – March 2010 Deputy director of the research institute for vocational education and training in the craft sector
Oct. 2008 – Sept 2009 Stand in Professor of Vocational Education and Training, Business Education at the University of Cologne
April 2008 – Sept 2008 Research Assistant at the University of Paderborn, Vocational Education and Training
April 2007 - March 2008 Stand-in Professor of Business Education and Human Resource Education at the University of Konstanz
Oct 2006 - April 2010 Lecturer for business administration in the health sector, medical association, Münster, Germany
Nov 2000 – May 2007 Research Assistant and PhD-Student at the University of Paderborn
March 2000 – Oct 2000 Research Assistant at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich
2012 teaching award - University of Cologne