Born on 4 June 1958, married, 2 children

Until 1989: Studied teaching and law at the University of Bremen

1989: Assessor examination in Bremen

1990-1997: Scientific activities in research projects, including at the Centre for Social Policy at the University of Bremen and at the Hamburg School of Economics and Politics

1997-2002: Research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Labour Law (Prof. Dr. Blanke) at the Law Department of the University of Oldenburg

2002-2005: Conducting international comparative research projects on changes in labour law collective bargaining systems (Prof. Dr. Blanke)

2005: Doctorate (Dr. jur.) in the School II of the University of Oldenburg

2006-2009: Collaboration in the DFG-funded research project "Mobile Commerce and Law" - McLaw (Head: Prof. Dr Taeger)

since 2007: Teaching in the part-time online degree programmes "Educational Management" (Master), "Business Administration for Competitive Athletes" (Bachelor) and "Bachelor of Business Administration" at the University of Oldenburg (C3L)

since 2008: Research assistant at the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Business Law and Legal Informatics at the University of Oldenburg

since 2015: Project coordinator in the BMBF project ChaRiSma on the opportunities and risks of smart cams in public spaces

since 2017: Managing Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Information Society Law (ZRI)