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  • Critical Theory
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Design and Ethics
  • Philosophy of image, culture and media
  • 1981-1987
    Studied philosophy, German studies and educational science at the University of Hamburg
  • 1985-1987
    Research assistant at the Institute for Pedagogy at the University of Hamburg (with Prof. Dr. C.-L. Furck)
  • 1987
    First state examination for the teaching profession at grammar schools at the teacher examination office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (title of the examination paper: "Zur Dialektik von Nietzsches Moralkritik", assessors: Prof. Dr. H. Schnädelbach and Prof. Dr. H. Paetzold)
  • 1989-1991
    Doctoral scholarship holder at the University of Hamburg
  • 1991-1992
    Trainee teacher at the State Seminar for Teaching at Hamburg Schools
  • 1992
    Doctorate at the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg (title of dissertation: "Elemente einer negativen Moralphilosophie bei Theodor W. Adorno", referees: Prof. Dr. H. Paetzold and Prof. Dr. H. Schnädelbach)
  • 1992-1994
    Research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hanover
  • 1995
    Research assistant at the Faculty of Design at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Weimar
  • 1996-2001
    Research assistant at the Faculty of Design at the Bauhaus University Weimar
  • 2001
    Habilitation in Philosophy (referees: Prof. Dr. W. Schmied-Kowarzik, Prof. Dr. C. Türcke and Prof. Dr. A. Honneth) and Private lecturer in Philosophy at the Department of Educational Science / University of Kassel
  • 2001
    Replacement professor for Aesthetics and Philosophy at the Dresden University of Fine Arts, Dresden and Visiting Professor at the Literature Department of Duke University in Durham, NC
  • 2002
    Research Assistant at the Faculty of Design at the Bauhaus University Weimar
  • 2002-2004
    Professor of Design, Communication and Media Theory at the Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
  • 2004-2006
    Professor of Aesthetics at the Faculty of Design and Arts at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • 2006
    Resignation from private lectureship at the Department of Educational Science / Human Sciences at the University of Kassel
  • since 2006
    Professor of Design, Communication and Media Theory at the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
  • 2018
    Awarded the academic title of Privatdozent by the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of Kassel