1985-1993 Studied philosophy, physics, history of natural sciences and educational science at the University of Hamburg
1993 Master's degree in Philosophy at the University of Hamburg (Master's thesis: "Der Begriff der Ableitbarkeit bei Bolzano", with Prof. Dr Wolfgang Künne)
1993-1998 Research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg (under Prof. Dr Lothar Schäfer); graduation scholarship from the University of Hamburg
1998 Doctorate (Dr phil.) at the University of Hamburg (thesis: "Memory, Perception and Knowledge", with Prof. Dr Wolfgang Künne)
1998 Postdoctoral researcher with a scholarship in the Cognitive Science Research Training Group at the University of Hamburg
1998-2004 Research assistant in the DFG projects "Action-theoretical reconstruction of speech act theory" (with Prof. Dr Georg Meggle) and "Explanatory coherence" (with Prof. Dr Thomas Bartelborth) at the University of Leipzig; assistant positions at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig; visiting researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Salzburg; lecturer at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Bern
2004-2007 Research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hamburg (with Prof Dr Ulrich Gähde)
2007 Habilitation at the University of Hamburg (cumulative, authorisation to teach philosophy)
Since 2007 Professorship for Theoretical Philosophy with a systematic focus at the University of Oldenburg
