1983-1991

Study of history, Political science, and Economic Geography at the universities Hannover, Hamburg and Guadalajara (Mexico)

1991

Magister Artium

1995

Promotion at the Hamburg university

1996-2001

Postdoc at the Bielefeld university

2002

Habilitation at the University of Cologne, venia legendi for "Neuere Geschichte"

2004

University professor at the WWU Münster