About

I am a political scientist and head of the Department of Industrial Change at the Stiftung Arbeit und Umwelt, the sustainability think tank of the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IGBCE). My objective is to facilitate a just and sustainable industrial transformation, leading towards a greenhouse gas neutral economy.

My previous roles include positions as a researcher at the German Centre for Rail Traffic Research (DZSF), as senior advisor at the Hans Böckler Foundation and as researcher and adjunct lecturer at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Rhine-Waal University in Cleve. In addition, I have received training in diversity orientated career coaching, peer coaching and in solution focused counselling.

From 2018-2021 I was a postdoctoral researcher and project manager for the DFG research project The Identity Effect of Europeanised Lifeworlds at theRhine-Waal University and the University of Mainz. I initiated the follow-up project FANZinE - Football as a basis for social cohesion in Europe, which I have later accompanied as a scientific advisor.

I have a background in political science and history, having studies at the universities of Aachen, Prague and Potsdam. I obtained my PhD from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where my research focused on young people in established political structures (supervised by Prof. Dr Achim Goerres).