Research Areas:
- the history of computerisation the industrial sector in Germany
- history of working class
- visual history
- digital history
Since 2008
Responsible Editor of Zeitgeschichte-online
Research Fellow at ZZF
Project: History of computerisation the industrial sector in Germany
2004-2007
Research Fellow at ZZF
Project: Vernetzte Improvisationen. Gesellschaftliche Subsysteme in Ostmitteleuropa und der DDR (The Structure of Networks Societal Subsystems in Eastern Central Europe and the GDR)
2005
Dr.phil. in Modern History at Freie Universität Berlin
Subject: Kulturelle Massenarbeit im sozialistischen Betrieb. Gewerkschaftliche Erziehungspraxis in der SBZ/DDR 1946-1970 (Cultural Education in the Socialist Workplace. Education by the Union in the State Industries of Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR between 1946 and 1970)
Doctoral Advisor: Professor Ralph Jessen, University of Cologne
2001-2004
Research Fellow at ZZF
1997-2000
Research Fellow at Federal Archiv (Bundesarchiv)
1998
M.A. in Modern History, Southern- and Eastern European History and Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin