Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 2022 President of the German Society for Gerontology and Geriatrics

  • Since 2012 Professor at the University of Kassel (Department of Human Sciences, Institute of Social Welfare) Subject area "Life situations and aging".
  • 2009 - 2012 Professor of Social Gerontology at the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin
  • 2000 - 2009 Research Assistant, University of Kassel, during this time: 2005 doctoral thesis, topic: Civil Society Engagement in the Post-Professional Phase of Life. Societal Expectations and Individual Action, 2006/2007 Visiting Lectureship for "Social Gerontology", University of the 3rd Age of Life, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2009 Habilitation, Topic: Social Counseling and Aging. Irritations, solutions and professionalism. Venia Legendi "Social Pedagogy
  • 1995 - 2000 Studies of Social Work/Social Pedagogy, University of Kassel, 2000 graduation as Dipl.Sozialarbeiterin/-sozialpädagogin
  • 1993 - 1995 commercial employee
  • 1991 - 1993 Vocational training, Martin-Luther-King-Schule, Kassel, 1993 Graduation as bank clerk
  • 1988 - 1991 Scientific assistant, Research Center for Animal Breeding, Rostock
  • 1983 - 1988 Study of animal production, Humboldt University Berlin,1988 Degree in agricultural engineering
  • 1980 - 1983 Vocational training with high school diploma, VEG Tierzucht Köllitsch, 1982 Skilled worker diploma "Zootechnician/Mechanizer", 1983 High school diploma
  • 1970 - 1980 Polytechnic High School, Berlin