Since September 2012 Professor for Educational Science with focus on Social Pedagogy at the University of Zurich, Institute of Education
Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (October 2011 - August 2012)
Habilitation at the University of Bielefeld: Habilitation Thesis: Soziale Arbeit und Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit. Professionalität in generationaler Perspektive, Habilitation Colloquium: Disziplinäre und professionelle Entgrenzungen? Zur erziehungswissenschaftlichen Positionierung Sozialer Arbeit (December 2011)
Academic Councilor at the University of Münster, Institute of Education, Department II – Extracurricular Education / Social Pedagogy (October 2008 - September 2011)
Postdoc at the Research Training Group Jugendhilfe im Wandel, University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Education, AG8: Social Work (August 2007 - September 2008)
Project Coordinator in the Erasmus Curriculum Development Project “New Models of Activism in European Social Work” (PhD-network), Location of Bielefeld (Januar 2007 - July 2007)
Doctorate in Educational Sciences (Dr. phil.) at the University of Bielefeld. Dissertation published 2008 by Juventa-Verlag Series Edition Soziale Arbeit. Title: Soziale Arbeit im Kampf um Anerkennung. Professionstheoretische Perspektiven. (2007)
PhD-Scholarship of the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung (January 2004 - December 2006)
