Education
Master of Arts, University Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 1996. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
Master of Arts, University Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 1996. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
Lecturer & researcher, department Japanese studies University Heidelberg, 2001—2002, lecturer, Japanese politics, 2004—2005. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science postdoctoral fellow Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 2002—2004. Deputy director Japan Research Center, Osnabrueck, since 2005.
Japan foundation short term fellow University Tokyo, 2006. Lecturer, political sociology University Osnabrueck, Germany, professor, since 2009.
Member of German-Japanese Society Social Sciences, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Club, German-Japanese Society (Osnabrueck) (executive committee member since 2007).
