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Current position

From  12/2008

University of Bielefeld, Faculty for Educational Science, Germany

Full Professor for Educational Sciences with the speciality of Continuing Education (Chair)

Studies

1984 – 1989

Studies in Educational sciences (Dipl. Pädagogik) at the University of Münster and at the University of Madrid, Spain

1989

Degree: Diploma in Education (Diplom-Pädagoge) with the speciality of Adult Education

1993

Attainment of a PhD (Dr. phil) at the University Münster (Dissertation on: “Adult Education in Spain”)

2003

Habilitation (Dr. habil.) at the University Flensburg in the area Adult Education/Continuing Education on the subject: “Social Network Continuing Education”

Professional experience

1994-1995

Research Specialist at the UNESCO-Institute for Education, Hamburg

1995-2001

Assistant Professor (wiss. Assistent) at the International Institute for Management, University of Flensburg

2003 -2005

Head of the Continuing Education Research Unit at the Danube University Krems,

2003-2008

Part-time Lecturer at the University Gra

Nov. 2005 to Dec. 2008

Danube University Krems, Austria

Full Professor for Continuing Education Research

Areas of Expertise

• International and Comparative Adult Education

• University Continuing Education

• Cooperation and Network Research

• Organisation and Professional Development

EU projects (selection)

6^th Framework EU-Programme: “Strategies for inclusion and social cohesion in Europe from education. Citizens and governance in a knowledge based society” [FP6-028603-2] (2006 – 2010)

Coordinator of an Latin-American-European Project (EU-Programme ALFA) on ”University and Continuing Education” [II-0245-A] (2002-2005)

Advisory Boards & External Examinator for Educational Programs

University Zürich (2008) [Strategy-Workshop on University Continuing Education] University Dresden (2008) [Accreditation], Open University of Cyprus (2008) [Staff Finding Commission]

Referee: Journal of Adult and Continuing Education; LlinE. Lifelong Learning in Europe; Report. Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung; Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung

Member of the Expert Group to the Federal Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Austria „ Implementation of a coherent LLL-Strategy in Austria until 2010”

Head of the CERT^NÖ (www.donau-uni.ac.at/cert) for the certification of further and adult education institutions in Lower Austria (since January 2007)

Member of the Accreditation Council of the Austrian Weiterbildungsakademie (Continuing Education Academy) (www.wba.or.at) for the certification of Adult Educators (since February 2007)

Evaluator SITCOM. Simulating IT-Careers for Women114444-CP-1-2004-1-AT-Minerva-MPP (2006)

Evaluator: Programa International de Gestión de la Calidad y del Cambio en la Educación Superior /International Programme on Management of Quality and Change in Higher Education (www.unicambio.org) (2005)

Membership of professional societies

Steering Committee Member of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) (2005 to present)

PASCAL Associate (2008) http://www.obs-pascal.com/people.

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung und Fernstudien (DGWF)

International Society for Comparison in Adult Education (ISCAE)

The Korean Society for Culture and Arts Education Studies

Organization of Conferences & Convenor of Networks

Workshop “Research Cultures in Local and Global Contexts: The Field of Adult Education.” Congress „Kulturen der Bildung“ DGfE Dresden (March 2008)

 Workshop „Research on University Continuing Education“, EUCEN, Paris, Universite Pierre & Marie Curie (Nov. 2006)

 “Adult Educators, Trainers and Professional Development” Co-Convenor of a new thematic Network of  ESREA (2009)