Key activities at the CHE
- University and higher education management
- Higher education funding and controlling
- Change and strategy processes at HEIs
- National and international University Ranking, e.g. European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO)
- International comparative studies and applied university research
- Social responsibility of HEIs
- Development of higher education systems
Higher education
- Business Administration at the University of Hohenheim
- PhD in “Universities and financial autonomy” at Ruhr University Bochum
Professional experience
- Research assistant at the Chair of Public Finance at Ruhr University Bochum
- Part-time lecturer at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Bremen University of Applied Sciences, the University of Oldenburg, Danube University Krems and the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
- Managing Director of CHE Consult
- Professor of Higher Education and Research Management at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. Director of the MBA Higher Education and Research Management and Master in Research and Innovation in Higher Education degree programmes
- Joined the CHE in 1996
Current advisory and editing activities
- Co-editor of the journals “Wissenschaftsmanagement” and “Application-Oriented Higher Education Research”
- Advisory board for continuing education at the Center for Science and Research Management (ZWM) Speyer
- Advisory board for E-Journal “Wissenschaft & Management” (DUZ Medienhaus)
- Advisory board FORTRAMA Forschungs- und Transfermanagement e.V.