Berlin/Budapest/Prag/Bratislava

Scientific director in the EU-FS project „European Fair Skills/ Deradicalisation Training for Peer Role Models and Youth Workers “with CZ, SK, HU (Cultures Interactive e.V., Berlin) ISEC, EU DG Home Affairs. [read more ...]

London

Project partner in “Counter-narrative resources for education and youth first line workers” (CNR by ISD/ Institute for strategic dialogue, London) ISEC, EU DG Home Affairs [read more ...]

Berlin

Submission of ERC Advanced Grant Application MIPE/ Media Interaction to Prevent Extremism with Humboldt University Berlin.[read more ...]

Berlin

Scientific director in the EU project „Women/ Gender in Extremism – Narratives, Interventions“ (WomEx, Cultures Interactive e.V., Berlin) ISEC, EU DG Home Affairs [read more ...]

Berlin

Scientific director in the EU project “European Platform of Deradicalising Narratives – Testimonials/ Narratives and Media Interaction” (EDNA, VPN, Berlin) ISEC, EU DG Home Affairs [read more ...]

since 2011

Brussels

Member of the steering committee of the ‘European Radicalisation Awareness Network' (RAN), EC DG Home Affairs

Head of the RAN working group „First-line Deradicalisation Interventions“

2011 to 2015

Brussels/Cambridge

Advisory board member at the RAND Corporation, for the IMPACT Europe project (FP7 Security): “Methodologies to assess the effectiveness of measures addressing violent radicalisation”

Expert/ evaluator for the EU in  DG Research

Member of ‘Experts on Extremism Network' (EENeT)

2012 to 2013

Berlin

Scientific director of ISEC project “European Network of Deradicalisation” (ENoD) [read more ...]

2009 to 2012

London/Berlin

DG Justice, Freedom and Security, JLS/2008/ISEC/FPA/C1/17 
Partner:“Towards Preventing Violent Radicalisation” (TPVR)
Empirical Research on methods of intervention, ‘culture-pedagogical’ work and reintegration of hate crime offenders – monographic publication.
 (European Inst. f. Social Services /Univers. of Kent) [read more ...]

2010 to 2012

Belfast/Berlin

DG Justice, Freedom and Security PEACE III- Program, Measure: P2 Contributing to a Shared Society
Ref.-No. 000922 Consultant:„Confront Hate Crime“
Scientific and pedagogical consultancy of pilot project in deradicalisation and the ‘cultural context’  in Northern Irish prisons and communities(Niacro [NGO]; Queens University) [read more ...]

2010

Berlin/Gießen

Senior Teaching Lectureship at the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture at Gießen University (Prof. A. Nünning)

June 2010

Pakistan

Workshop and Conference Trip to Pakistan (Multan, Lahore)
Workshops, presentations and media appointments about issues of deradicalisation, culture and media narratives  in Pakistan and Europe (in the context of the TPVR project)

2009 to 2011

Berlin

Scientific director in “Fair Skills” project; Federal Model-Project in the Xenos-Program; youth cultural work, civic education and group dynamics in prevention against violent extremism. [read more ...]

2010

Berlin

King Baudouin Foundation Belgium, Ref.-No. 000922
Coordinator:  “Football against Homophobia”
Pedagogical and scientific lead

2009 to 2011

Zürich/Berlin

Conducting the granted EU-research project: "Literary and media interaction as means of understanding and preventing adolescent
violence and political/religious extremism",  in collaboration with Cultures Interactive – Interkulturelle Bildung und Gewaltprävention e.V., Berlin. [see abstract (english) or extensive synopsis (english)]

2008 to 2010

Zürich/Berlin

Conducting the granted EU-research project: "Literary and media interaction as means of understanding and preventing adolescent
violence and political/religious extremism",  in collaboration with Cultures Interactive – Interkulturelle Bildung und Gewaltprävention e.V., Berlin. [see abstract (english) or extensive synopsis (english)]

2005 to 2008

Berlin

Scientific director in “Kulturräume 2010” project; Federal Model-Project in the Vielfalt-Program, community embedded youth cultural prevention against violent extremism.

2007

Leipzig

Tenure equivalent/ ‚Habilitation’ in German studies and literary theory (Humanities department of Leipzig University) [more ...]

since 2000

Berlin

Independent researcher in the fields of literary and film studies, pedagogy, and psychotherapy.

Pilot project in ‘Psychological Literature and Media Teaching’ [more …]

Scientific consultant with the DFG-research team ‘Literary Narratology and Psychotherapy Research’ (Hamburg)

1998 to 2000

Berlin/Lüneburg

Researcher in the DFG-research focus ‘Reading socialization in the media society’ (Lüneburg University) [Leila (2003e), Monographic Methodology-Essay Abstract (english)]

1996 to 1998

Berlin/Halle

Independent researcher and lecturer in literary studies (FU Berlin, MLU Halle)

1995

Eichstätt

Researcher in the university program of Literary and Theatre Pedagogy (University of Eichstätt)

1993 to 1995

Paris, Frankreich

Fellow in the ‚Critical Theory Program‘ (Sorbonne, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales)

1988 to 1992

Los Angeles, USA

Doctoral student and fellow in ‚Interdisciplinary German  Studies‘ (UCLA)

UCLA Regents' Scholarship (1989), Chancellor's Dissertation Fellowship (1992), Editor-in-chief ‘New German Review’ (1990-1992)

1987 to 1988

New Haven, USA

DAAD-Fellow in German Studies and Psychohistory (Yale-Univ.)

1985 to 1986

München/Berlin

Master’s degree in German studies and pedagogy. Researcher in the institute of psychology (LMU München/FU Berlin)

2006 to 2008

Berlin/München

Training in team-supervision/ organizational counseling 

2007

Berlin

State license in psychotherapeutic counseling

2006 to 2007

Zürich

Workshops in clinical diagnosis and psycho-therapy research

2002 to 2008

Zürich/Berlin

Independent consultant in team supervision and project evaluation

1998 to 2002

Berlin/Heidelberg

Training in group-analysis and psychotherapy

1994 to 1995

Paris

Communications Manager (Lawson Inc.)

1989 to 1992

Los Angeles, USA

Psychoanalytic training, ‘Research Analyst’ (UCLA, LA Psychoanalytic Institute)