Education
1963 - 1965 Primary school in
Leipzig
1965 - 1971 Special school for
languages in Leipzig
1971 - 1975 Gymnasium (high
school) in Rossleben
1975 - 1977 Military service in
Leipzig
1977 - 1982 Study of psychology,
Humboldt-University Berlin
1983 - 1985 Study of pedagogics (Hochschulpädagogik),
Humboldt-University
Berlin
1982 Diploma,
Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University Berlin, Awarded with the
Humboldt-price
1987 Dissertation
(Dr. rer. nat.), Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University
Berlin
1995
Habilitation (venia legendi),
Department of Psychology,
Georg-August-University
Goettingen
Work stations
1982 - 1985 scientific assistant, Department of Foreign Languages,
Humboldt-University
Berlin
1985 - 1992 scientific assistant, working group for
General Psychology, Central Institute of Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences,
Berlin (since 1991 Institute of Cognitive Psychology)
1992 - 1998 scientific assistant (C1), Institute of
Psychology, Georg-August-University Goettingen,
Department of
Personality and
Interdisciplinary Psychology
since 1996 Privatdozent (PD) at University Goettingen
1998 - 2001 Visiting Professor
(C4), University Greifswald, Head of the Department of Developmental Psychology
since 2001 University
assistant (C2) , Head of the Department of Personality Psychology at Berlin
University of Technology
since 2001 Visiting
Professor (apl.
Prof.) at University Göttingen
2006 - 2009 Director of the
Institute of
Sustainability and Environmental Policy, University of Management
and Communication Potsdam
2008 - 2009 Professor for
Environmental Psychology and Sustainability Management, University
of Communication and Management Potsdam
Activities
aiming at Sustainable Development
since
1995 International cooperation,
research and publications on human values and life goals as well as
on Sustainable Development
1997-2000 Member of an
initiative group for founding an Interdisciplinary Centre for Sustainable
Development at University Goettingen (founded in
2000)
2000 – 2001 Initiator of a
scientists´ group for fostering Sustainable Development at University
Greifswald
since 2000 Co-initiator and leader of an action research project aiming at
Sustainable energy production in a German village
since 2001 Member
of a scientists´ group for fostering Sustainable Development at the Zentrum für Technik und Gesellschaft, TU Berlin
2002 Presentation at
a United Nations Organization Workshop for Indigenous People in Geneve on ”Sustainable
Development”
2002 Organizer of the
first symposium at the DGPS (German Society for Scientific Psychology
congress) on ”Sustainable Development”
2003 Organizer of the
first symposium at the EFPA (European Federation of Psychological
Associations) congress on ”Sustainable Development”
2003 Founder member of the Institute
for Biomass and Regional Development (IBR e.V.)
2004 Organizer of the
first symposium at the IAPS (International Association for People-Environment
Studies) conference on ”Sustainable Development”
2005 Founder member
of the Agency in European Universities linking Projects for Sustainable
Development (AgEnt e.V.)
2005 Organizer of a
symposium on ”Psychology of Sustainable Development”
at the International Human Dimensions of Global Change meeting in
Bonn
2006 Director of the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Policy at
the University of Communication and Management Potsdam (FH)
2007 Presentation at
the International Unity of Man Conference in Kirpal Sagar, India, on ”Sustainable
Development as a challenge for the world´s religions”