Short biography:

2003  PhD at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Oldenburg with Prof. Dr. Dr. Rosemarie Nave-Herz and Prof. Dr. Walter Siebel: Title of the thesis: “Mobile Kommunikation im Familiensystem”

2004 - 2010  Project coordinator of the DFG-Schwerpunktprogramms 1161 “Beziehungs- und Familienpanel in Deutschland” (pairfam) at the Institut für angewandte und empirische Soziologie (EMPAS), University of Bremen, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Johannes Huinink, Prof. Dr. Josef Brüderl, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nauck and Prof. Dr. Sabine Walper

2010 – 2014  Research Assistant to the Chair “General Sociology and Social Structure” held by Prof. Dr. Johannes Huinink, University Bremen

2013  Visiting Professor for Microsociology, University Oldenburg

since 2014  Professor for Microsociology, University Oldenburg