| Since 09/2022 | Professor for Educational Science with a focus on Adult Education/Further Education at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 2018-2022 | Junior Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2014-2018 | Research Associate at the German Institute for Adult Education, Leibniz Center for Lifelong Learning, Bonn |
| 2014 | PhD at the Philipps-University Marburg (Dr. phil.) |
| 2010-2013 | PhD student in the Leibniz Graduate School for Empirical Research on Adult Education of the German Institute for Adult Education in cooperation with the Philipps University of Marburg and the University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2012 | Research stay at AONTAS (National Adult Learning Organisation), Dublin/Ireland |
| 2010-2013 | Lecturer at the Ruhr-University Bochum |
| 2008-2010 | Research assistant at bbb Büro für berufliche Bildungsplanung, Dortmund, Germany |
| 2007-2008 | Study visit at the Bangladesh Institute of Theatre Arts, Chittagong/ Bangladesh |
| 2002-2009 | Studies of Education and Theatre Arts at the Ruhr-University Bochum (B.A./M.A.) |