Programme Director/ Lecturers & Academic Advisory Council

Education/ Professional development

Since 2016:
Research assistant at the ‚Interdisciplinary Centre for Gender Studies‘ (ICFG) at the University of Bern. Field of research: ‚Gender and Development‘ with a particular focus on sports, diversity as well as monitoring and evaluation. 

Since 2014:                   
Project manager of  “Children Win” – Changing the Game of Mega Sporting Events, Terre des Hommes International Federation (TDHIF).

2013:
Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich on “Sporting Role Models as Potential Catalysts to Facilitate Empowerment and Tackle Gender Issues: An Empirical Study in Malawi, Zambia and South Africa”.

2010 2014:
Research assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Sport Pedagogy at the Technical University Munich.

2005 2011:
Project manager and researcher at the “Swiss Academy for Development" (SAD) in Biel/Switzerland in the area of “Sport and Development”.

2003 2004:
Strategic analyst at the Federal Office of Police in Bern/Switzerland with the  focus: state security, extremism, hooliganism, violence prevention (security concept of the  UEFA EURO 2008).

2002:
Licentiate (Lic. phil.) in Contemporary History and State Sciences at University of  Freiburg/Switzerland with the dissertation topic “The History of Swiss Women’s Football (“Delicate feet on hard leather“)”.

Other posts

Speaker, consultant and/or jury member:

UNESCO, UNOSDP, CARE, Management for development and cooperation, Federal Institute of Sport, Federal Institute for Health, NCDO, Croix Rouge France, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperationand Development, VIDC, FARE, SCORE, King Baudouin Foundation, SCORT Foundation, CASPEA Foundation, Peace and Sport, Terre des Femmes, Jacobs Foundation, UEFA, Nike, UK Sport, Sport Matters, ICSSPE, German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ).

Teaching posts, guest lecturer and/or seminar:

Technical University Zürich, University of Bern, Ohio University (USA), University of Freiburg im  Breisgau, Teacher Training  College Bern, University Basel, University of Vienna (Austria), Teacher Training  College Freiburg im Breisgau, Hacettepe University Ankara (Turkey), Technical University Munich, Teacher Training College Ludwigsburg, Universität Olomouc (Czech Republic), University of Queensland/Brisbane (AUS), University of Malmö (Sweden), Steinbeis Business Academy, German Sport University Cologne,  Swiss Sport University Magglingen, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg.

Since 2007: Academic Advisor  to „Women Win‘ with its seat in Amsterdam.

Since 2009: Member of the Executive Committee of IAPESGW (International Association for Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women).

Since 2011: Member of the Committee of Terre des Hommes Switzerland.

Since 2013: Reviewer of the ‘European Journal for Sport and Society’.

Since 2014: Reviewer of the ‘Journal of Sport for Development’.

Education/ Professional development

Independent scholar, lecturer and consultant (specific field: sport politics).

Since 2015: Consultant at the German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ).

2013 - 2014: Lecturer at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education.

2010 – 2013: Research associate at the German Sport University Cologne.

2010 – 2014: PhD at the German Sport University Cologne in the field of „International Sport Politics“.

2004 – 2009: Study of Regional Science North America, Modern and Anglo-American History at the University of Bonn, Cork and Cologne.

Other posts

Since 2010: C-License of the German Football Association (DFB); Certificate „Sport Organisation Management“ (DOSB).

2003 – 2012: Assistant/Manager of international football trainer courses.