Education
Abitur, Staedtisches Gymnasium, Essen, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy Politics & Sociology, Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg, 1992. Habilitation, Open University Hagen, 2001.
Abitur, Staedtisches Gymnasium, Essen, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy Politics & Sociology, Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg, 1992. Habilitation, Open University Hagen, 2001.
Doctoral fellow, Volkswagen Foundation University Cologne, Germany, 1989—1992, visiting professor, chair comparative politics, 2001—2002. Postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute Study Societies, Germany, 1992—1993, research fellow Germany, 1993—2002. Postdoctoral fellow Minda De Gunzburg Center European Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993.
Visiting professor, chair political science Open University Hagen, Germany, 1998—1999, professor, chair political regulation, governance, 2003—2008, visiting professor chair policy analysis, administration. Professor, chair international political economy Free University Berlin, since 2008. Co-editor Der Moderne Staat, Germany, Book Series: Gesellschaftspolitik und Staatstätigkeit, Germany, Book Series: Grundwissen Politik, Germany, Book Series: Governance, Germany.
Member of American Political Science Association, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Council 111 Social Sciences, German Political Science Association (Postdoctoral Research prize 2004).