Curriculum vitae

Since 2024 Honorary Professor for Arts Management at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
Since 2020 Head of the Institute for Research on Cultural Participation, Foundation for Cultural Further Education and Cultural Advice
2018 -2019 Scientific Project Manager, "Non-visitors-research-project", carried out in a cooperation between visitBerlin and Institute for Museum Research Berlin (Germany)
Since 2007 Self-employed cultural manager
2015 - 2017 Research Associate, Department of Cultural Policy, University of Hildesheim (Germany)
2012 - 2017 PhD at Ludwigsburg University of Education (Germany) („The population with migration background as a target group for cultural institutions“, supervisors: Prof. Dr. Armin Klein, Prof. Dr. Jürgen W. Falter)
2016 Research Associate, Jewish Museum Berlin (Germany)
Since 2014 Spokeswoman for the „Empirical Research” Working Group within the (German) Association of Cultural Management
2013 - 2015 PhD Scholarship provided by the State Graduate Sponsorship Program of the federal state Baden-Württemberg (Germany)
2011 - 2012 Consultant at the German Economy Foundation (ELTERNKOMPASS, STUDIENKOMPASS, both programs aim at increasing the number of working-class children among university students), Berlin (Germany)
2008 - 2010 (Scientific) Coodinator of the Center for Audience Development (ZAD) within the Institute for Arts and Media Management, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin (Germany)
Since 2009 Lecturer at various universities in Germany and Austria
2007 - 2008 Student research assistant at the Center for Audience Development (ZAD) and the BerlinMediaProfessionalSchool (BMPS) within the Institute for Arts and Media Management, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin (Germany)
2006 - 2008 University studies and completed Master of Arts (Arts and Media Administration), Institute for Arts and Media Management, Department of Philosophy and Humanities, Free University of Berlin (Germany)
2005 - 2006 Graduate research assistant, Faculty 02: Social Sciences, Media, and Sports Science, Institute of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany)
1999 - 2006 Student research assistant and teaching assistant, Faculty 02: Social Sciences, Media, and Sports Science, Institute of Education and Institute of Political Science, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany)
1998 - 2006 University studies and completed Master (Magister Artium) (Political Science, English Literature and Linguistics and Education and completed 1st State Examination for Teaching at High Schools (Political Science and German Literature and Linguistics), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Germany)
2000 - 2001 Assistant-Teacher at Preston Manor High School, teaching German as a foreign language, London (Great Britain)
1997 - 2000 Tour guide and museum guard at the Goethe-House Museum, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)