Academic Bio
| since 2010 | Professor of Cultural Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Kiel |
| 2009-2010 | Professor of Political Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Bayreuth |
| 2007-2009 | Substitute Professor of Cultural Geography at the University of Lueneburg |
| 2007 | Substitute Professor of Human Geography at the University of Tuebingen |
| 2006 | Habilitation Das Dorf als Wohnkulisse. Zur Restrukturierung ländlicher Räume im Umland von Verdichtungsräumen. |
| 2000-2007 | Postdoc at the Department of Geography, University of Kiel |
| 1999-2000 | Postdoc at the Department of Geography, University of Marburg |
| 1999 | PhD Naturschutz und kleinbäuerliche Landnutzung im Rahmen Nachhaltiger Entwicklung. Untersuchung zu regionalen und lokalen Auswirkungen von umweltpolitischen Maßnahmen im Vale do Ribeira, Brasilien. |
| 1995-1999 | TA / PhD-student at the Department of Geography, University of Kiel |