Personal details
Research Interests:
- Organizational and Administrative Sociology
- Military Sociology
- Security Studies
- Organization and Gender / Gender-Organizational Studies
- Qualitative and Quantitative Empirical Social Research
Academic and Professional Career:
- 1983-1988: Studied Sociology and Economics at Humboldt University of Berlin; received a diploma in 1988.
- 1990-1993: Research Assistant at the University of Lüneburg in the DFG research project "Logistische Unternehmenssteuerung und Zulieferindustrie".
- 1993-1999: Research Assistant at the University of Lüneburg in the field of Sociology of Education.
- 1999: PhD on the topic of "Vertrauen in der zwischenbetrieblichen Kooperation" (Awarded the Dissertation Prize of the IHK Lüneburg/Wolfsburg).
- 1999-2006: Research Assistant at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg.
- 2006-2007: Lecturer in Organizational Sociology, Military Sociology, and Gender Sociology at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg and the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Hamburg.
- 2007: Habilitation on the topic of "Organisation und Geschlecht am Beispiel des Militärs".
- 2007-2010: Professor of Sociology with a focus on Organizational Sociology at Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg.
- Since 2010: Professor of Organizational and Administrative Sociology at the University of Potsdam.
Memberships:
- Member of: Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
- Member of the Section: Organisationssoziologie (Served as the section spokesperson between 10/2014 and 10/2016)
- Member of: Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der DGS
- Member of: WIPCAD
- Member of: Potsdam Centrum für Politik und Management (PCPM)
- Since 2020: Member of the working group: “Archäologisches Kulturerbe” der Leopoldina