* 20.4.1967 in Munich
1977-1986 Klostergymnasium der Benediktiner, Schäftlarn b. München
1989-1995 Student of Documentary film at Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF), München (University of Television and Film Munich)
1991-1999 Researcher at JFF, Institut für Medienpädagogik in Forschung und Praxis
1996-2002 Freelance writer for the daily or weekly newspapers: Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Der Spiegel, die tageszeitung (taz), as well as the magazines: Spex, Die Zeit magazin, Süddeutsche Zeitung magazin, Greenpeace magazin, Telepolis, Freitag, Mute et al.
1999-2005 Programme director of "D-A-S-H--networking against exclusion" supported by the EU Commission and the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
2006-2012 Visiting lecturer at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2008-2012 Advising researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht
2013-2015 Head of the international Masters Programme at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2014-now Head of the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)