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Professorship in working with men and boys at the Catholic University of Applied Social Sciences Berlin, full-time lecturer since 1st October 2001

Current focus: Masculinity, work-life balance, men in ECEC

Degree in Social Science (Diplom)

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Graduated from the University of Duisburg with a degree in social science focusing on gender perspectives in the fields of social work and education. Further training on gender-sensitive education to acquire a deeper understanding of the issue of gender in educational work with children, young people and adults.

• Evaluation of the New Paths for Boys (Neue Wege für Jungs) pilot project
• Academic collaboration in the Gender Loops project
• Further trainings, workshops and lectures on gender mainstreaming in child and youth welfare work and gender-sensitive education with boys
• Coordinator of the Research project: “Male Educators in Kitas (Early Childhood Education and Care facilities)”

Degree in Psychology, further professional training in integrative therapy / gestalt therapy

2008 Ph.D, Oldenburg University, Germany („Two worlds? Gender separation in childhood. Research and practice in dialogue).
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Many years of experience as educational consultant and adviser for research and field projects on child development and education in early childhood and primary education.

Leading researcher in the “Elementar – Men in Early Childhood Education and Care” research project at the Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Austria (2008–2010).

Member of the European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA) and the national organization for ECEC studies programmes (BAK-BEK).

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Developmental psychology, gender, education, gender-sensitive education.

Degree in Educational Sciences

PR consultant (German Academy for Public Relations – DAPR)
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Graduated from the University of Bielefeld with a degree in educational sciences focusing on gender in education. Working in press and public relations for non-profit organisations since 2000.

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After completion of training as a translator, worked in administration, organisation, coordination, etc. for the media (predominantly print media but also in TV and film productions). PR work in Munich for a variety of individual clients and projects.