1961 - 1965
Studied Economics at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg.

Heidelberg and Freiburg

1966 - 1970

1971 - 1974
Research assistant at the Federal Statistical Office

Assistant Professor in the Methodology Commission at the Institute of Sociology at the Free University of Berlin

since 1977
Academic advisor at the University of Oldenburg for statistical methodology and economic statistics, habilitation in the subject of empirical economic and social research specialising in economic and social statistics

Since 1981
Entrusted with professorial duties in the subject "Statistical Methodology and Economic Statistics"

1991
Appointment as adjunct professor

1994
Appointment as university lecturer

2006
Retired from teaching;

Since the summer term 2007

Lecturer in the "Part-time Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration in medium-sized companies" for the module "Empirical research and statistical analysis" (together with Prof. Dr Heinke Röbken) and in the "Part-time Bachelor's degree programme Business Administration for top athletes" in the module "Empirical economic and social research" (together with Prof. Dr Martin Müler)

Summer term 2007 and winter term 2007/08

Guest lecturer for computer-aided statistics at the School of Economics at Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu (Hermannstadt) Romania

from summer term 2011

Guest lecturer for Knowledge Management (computer-aided simple and multivariate statistical analysis) in the degree programme "Applied Computing Science in German" at the Transylvanian University in Brasov (Kronstadt), Romania