Apprenticeship in landscape gardening
Graduation as Sociologist with a focus on urban planning, community development (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

since 1993 research associate/project manager at IOER
since 1994 parallel periodically assistant lecturer (currently: "Basics in empirical social research" at Technische Universität Dresden, Masters Programme in "Spatial Development and Natural Resource Management")

• Social issues of the eco-efficiency of the built environment/urban metabolism;
• The role of bottom up initiatives for urban sustainability transition;
• Assessment, labeling and communication of better environmental quality in construction;
• Constraints and options, strategies and tools for the implementation of (technological) knowledge in sustainable construction and urban development;
• Methodological support and co-operation in various survey projects