Functions |
| Since 2007 |
Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Since 2007 |
Member in the scientific board advising the Federal Government in Germany on research in vocational education and training, Berlin, Germany |
| Since 2006 |
Member of an Advisory Committee on German Vocational Education advising the Federal Minister for Education, Berlin, Germany |
| Since 2005 |
Member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Practice Based Profes-sional Learning, Open University, UK |
| Since 2005 |
Chair of the Scientific Board of the Federal Institute of Vocational Education, Bonn, Germany |
| Since 2004 |
Member of the Scientific Board of the Thurgauer Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Switzerland |
| Since 2004 |
Founder and Chair of the Leadinghouse "Social Competences", University St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Since 2003 |
Editor of the Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (reviewed) |
| Since 2003 |
Founder and Supervisory Board Member of CEL - Programme Accreditation for Technology-Enhanced Learning, awarded by EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development), Brussels, Belgium |
| Since 2003 |
Vice-President of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für angewandte Berufsbildungsforschung |
| Since 2003 |
Editor of the Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik (reviewed) |
| 1998–2002 |
Chair of the Scientific Network for Vocational Education, Germany |
| 1997–1998 |
Chair of the Department of Management, Faculty for Management and Social Sciences, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
Professional Career |
| Since 2003 |
Founder and Scientific Director of the Swiss Centre for Innovations in Learning (SCIL), University of St.Gallen, Switzerland |
| Since 2000 |
Delegate of the Rectorate at the University of St.Gallen, responsible for the conceptualization and implementation of pedagogical innovations in the context of the Bologna-reform (Medida-Prix 2006) |
| Since 2000 |
Professor for Business Education and Educational Management at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland |
| Since 2000 |
Director of the Institute of Business Education and Educational Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 1995–2000 |
Professor for Business Education at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| 1994–1995 |
Professor for Business Education at the University of Potsdam, Germany |
| 1989–1994 |
Post Doc and Research Assistant at the chair for Business Education at the University of Cologne, Germany |
| 1985–1988 |
Research Assistant at the chair for Business Education at the University of Cologne, Germany |
| 1973–1975 |
Practical career experience in Computer Sciences |
Education |
| 1994 |
Habilitation venia legendi in Business Education at the University of Cologne, Germany |
| 1988 |
PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) in Business Education at the University of Cologne, Germany |
| 1981–1982 |
Visiting Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom |
| 1978–1984 |
University degree (Dipl. Handelslehrer) in Business Education at the University of Cologne (MA equivalent), Germany |
| 1975–1978 |
University Degree (Dipl. Betriebswirt) in Business Administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, Germany |
| 1970–1973 |
Vocational Education in Information and Communication Technology |
