Undergraduate and postgraduate education and work experience

• 1980: School leaving certificate (Abitur)
• 1980-82: Civilian service
• 1982-87: Teacher training at the University of Education Freiburg i.Br.
• 1988 - 1990: Education consultant
• 1991: Dipl. Educational Sciences
• 1992 - 1998: Social educator, youth work
• Since 1996: Continuing education consultant, lecturer
• 2002 - 2006: Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Solothurn
• Since 2007: Professor at the FHNW School of Social Work

Main focus

• International social work
• Social policy
• Pedagogy
• Social pedagogy
• Practice training
• Human rights education
• Learning
• Education