Professional Experience
Since 2003
Consultant specializing in non-profit organizations (NGOs, associations, public authorities, foundations, clubs, etc.)
2009 / 2010
Substitute for the junior professorship "International comparative media system research" at the University of Hamburg, stay as a guest lecturer at the University of Amsterdam
since 2003
Lecturer at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Studies and at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Hamburg (teaching courses on the topics of public relations, journalism, political communication, media system research and thesis preparation classes, courses both in German and English)
2003 to 2013
Member of the Research Centre for Media and Politics at the University of Hamburg
2001 to 2003
Press and public relations officer at hamburg.de GmbH & Co. KG
1993 to 2000
Freelance work as a text and photo journalist in various print media, internships in various editorial offices and PR agencies as well as in the department for press and public relations and protocol at the Hamburg State Parliament
Studies
2003 to 2006
Doctorate "Public Relations by Non-Governmental Organizations in the USA and Germany" at the Research Centre for Media and Politics at the University of Hamburg, funded by a stipend from the Hans Böckler Foundation
1994 to 2000
Master's degree in political science, journalism, social and economic history at the University of Hamburg, study stay at the University of California at Berkeley, USA