Traineeship at the German-Austrian URBAN Network office in Brussels: projects involving research, translating, co-ordination, compiling databases, attending and reporting conferences / meetings. Preparation work for the European URBAN Action Congress.

City Department for Urban Development and Planning, Vienna. Project: Research study on the creation of the Urban Development Plan 2005 (STEP 05).

Tongji University, Shanghai, China
College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP).

Alpbach Architecture Forum, Tirol.

Amstein + Walthert AG, Zürich: Developing guidelines for internal research and development activities; Knowledge dissemination work relating to the Novatlantis Sustainability Network.

Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany Institut für Europäische Urbanistik (IfEU).

Magister Politikwissenschaft (M.A., Nebenfächer Rechtswissenschaft und Pädagogik) an der TU Darmstadt

Magister des Europarechts (LL.M.Eur) an der Universität des Saarlandes

Dr. rer. pol. an der TU Darmstadt

Baden-Württemberg-Zertifikat für Hochschuldidaktik