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  • Critical Theory
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Design and Ethics
  • Philosophy of image, culture and media
  • 1981-1987
    Studies of Philosophy, German and Educational Science at the University of Hamburg
  • 1985-1987
    Research assistant at the Institute of Education at the University of Hamburg (with Prof. Dr. C.-L. Furck)
  • 1987
    First state examination for the teaching profession at secondary schools at the Teacher Examination Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (title of the examination paper: "Zur Dialektik von Nietzsches Moralkritik" (On the Dialectic of Nietzsche's Moral Criticism), Reviewers: Prof. Dr. H. Schnädel­bach and Prof. Dr. H. Paetzold)
  • 1989-1991
    Doctoral Fellow at the University of Hamburg
  • 1991-1992
    Trainee teacher at the Staatliches Studienseminar für die Lehrämter an Hamburger Schulen (State Study Seminary for Teachers at Hamburg Schools)
  • 1992
    Doctorate at the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the University of Hamburg (Title of the dissertation: "Elements of a Negative Moral Philosophy in Theodor W. Adorno", Reviewers: Prof. Dr. H. Paetzold and Prof. Dr. H. Schnädelbach)
  • 1992-1994
    Research assistant at the Philosophical Seminar of the University of Hannover
  • 1995
    Research assistant at the Faculty of Design of the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Weimar
  • 1996-2001
    Scientific assistant at the Faculty of Design of the Bauhaus University, Weimar
  • 2001
    Habilitation for Philosophy (Reviewers: Prof. Dr. W. Schmied-Kowarzik, Prof. Dr. C. Türcke and Prof. Dr. A. Honneth) and Privatdozent for Philosophy at the Department of Education / University of Kassel
  • 2001
    Substitute Professor for Aesthetics and Philosophy at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, Dresden and Visiting Professor at the Literature Department of Duke University in Durham, NC
  • 2002
    Research Assistant at the Faculty of Design of the Bauhaus University Weimar
  • 2002-2004
    Professor for Design, Communication and Media­theory at the Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
  • 2004-2006
    Professor of Aesthetics at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • 2006
    resignation of the Privatdozentur at the Faculty of Education / Human Sciences of the University of Kassel
  • since 2006
    Professor of Design, Communication and Media­theory at the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
  • 2018
    Awarded the academic title of Privatdozent by the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Kassel