| since 03/2017 | Professorship "Sociology for Social Work", BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg |
| 08/2016 - 02/2017 | Substitute professorship "Didactics of early childhood education and upbringing", Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences |
| 03/2016 - 08/2016 | Substitute professorship "Psychology of Early Childhood", Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences |
| 07/2009 - 12/2015 | Scientific coordinator of the pedagogical department of the Research Center for the Promotion of Giftedness, Lower Saxony Institute for Early Childhood Education and Development (nifbe), Osnabrück. |
| 10/2008 - 07/2009 | Substitute of the junior professorship "General Pedagogy / Focus on Women's Studies", University of Osnabrück |
| 12/2007 - 05/2008 | Research project "Pathways to professional success among women with first and second generation migration background and causes for successful positioning in working life", University of Osnabrück |
| 07/2005 - 08/2007 | Research project "Analysis of the employability of asylum seekers", EQUAL development partnership "SAGA - Self-help, labor market and health of asylum seekers", Lower Saxony |
| 03/2007 – 06/2015 | Courses in school education and social science degree programmes |
| 07/2004 | Doctorate in Sociology with "summa cum laude" under Prof. Dr. Carol Hagemann-White, University of Osnabrück with the topic "The National Socialist Past in Baggage: The Presence of the Rule of National Socialism and its Crimes in the Contemporary Self-Perception of Women as Political Actors and as Germans: An Analysis of Group Discussions." |
| 07/2002 - 06/2005 | Evaluator, EQUAL Development Partnership "SPuK - Language and Culture: Foundations for Effective Health Care" on behalf of Caritasverband f. d. Diözese Osnabrück |
| 07/2002 - 06/2004 | Research project "Regional analysis of the health situation of asylum seekers", EQUAL Development Partnership "SPuK - Language and Culture: Foundations for effective health care", Lower Saxony |
| 07/2000 - 06/2002 | Research project "Migrant women as addressees and actors in social work", project network "Women's occupation in regional social and health care", University of Applied Sciences Northeast Lower Saxony, Lüneburg |
| 11/1996 - 10/1998 | Research project "Peace practice against everyday violence - The meaning of national and nationalistic orientations for women", Project Network "Peace and Conflict Research Lower Saxony", University of Osnabrück |
| 10/1996 | Diploma in Social Economy (Sociology, Political Science, Economics and Education), University of Osnabrück |
| 09/1993 - 12/1994 | Co-initiator and staff member of the first women's refugee house in Germany, Osnabrück |
| 01/1983 - 01/1989 | Educational stays in Kenya, USA, Black Mesa, Netherlands |
