I am Professor of Business and Economics Education at the University of Hohenheim. My academic work is situated at the intersection of educational research, organisational analysis, and psychology, and is characterised by an empirically grounded and theory driven engagement with educational, psychological, and organisational questions.
Following studies in industrial engineering with a focus on information technology, business and economics education, and psychology, I completed both my doctorate and habilitation in the field of business and economics education. My research primarily focuses on the empirical investigation of educational and organisational processes.
This includes, among other areas, the analysis of the psychosocial effects of organisational forms of control, questions of participation and responsibility, as well as tensions between individual scope for action and structural conditions. A particular focus lies on teaching and learning processes and on analysing how work, organisation, and institutional forms of governance shape educational practice and enable or constrain education under these conditions.
My own educational pathway to university followed an alternative route into higher education. This biographical experience continues to shape my perspective on educational institutions, their implicit expectations, and the conditions under which individual processes of learning and development may succeed or fail.