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Curriculum Vitae

since 2021: Senior Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Oberrat) at Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden
since 2022: Executive Director of German Society for Demography (DGD)

2017-2020: Assistant Director (D-1), Chief Population Trends and Analysis Branch at United Nations DESA Population Division
2003-2017: Managing editor of Comparative Population Studies
2015-2017: Head of Research Group Demographic Change and World Population at Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden
2002-2015: Senior Researcher/Researcher at Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden
1999-2002: Lecturer and research fellow at University of Mannheim, Department of Geography
1995-1999: Research assistant at University of Mannheim
1992-1995: Student assistant at University of Mannheim
1986-1992: Freelance press photographer

since 2023: Guest lecturer at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, SoWi?So!
since 2021: Guest lecturer at University of Koblenz, Department of Geography
2010-2014: Guest lecturer at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Geography
2009-2016: Guest lecturer at Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI) at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1995-1999: Guest lecturer at University of Mannheim, Department of Geography

2021: Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat), Department of Geography, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
1995: Diplom-Geograph [equivalent to Master degree in geography, history, and political science], Department of Geography, University of Mannheim
1989-1995: Studies of geography, history, and political science, University of Mannheim

Member of the German Society for Demography (DGD)
since 2022: Executive director of the DGD
2000-2012: Head of the DGD research group »Migration-Integration-Minorities«
Member of the American Association of Geographers (AAG): Population Speciality Group
Member of the German Association for Geography (DGfG): Research groups Population Geography and Geographical Migration Research
Member of the International Geographical Union: Commission on Population Geography (IGU)
Member of the Royal Dutch Geographical Association (KNAG)
2013: Member of the Scientific Council of the 9th International Conference »Man-City-Nature«

Since 2009: Member of the academic advisory council of »Bulletin of Geography (socio-economic series)«
2003-2017: Managing editor of »Comparative Population Studies«
See publications for edited books

2013: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Since 2010: Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
2007/2011/2017: Member of the expert group of the The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) »Assumptions of the Spatial Population Projection«
2005-2017: Advisor with the German Delegation to the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD)
2004-2007: Member of the »NATO Commission on Challenges of Modern Society«
2004: Technical Expert with the EU-project »Technical Assistance for Development of the National Statistical System, Bulgaria«
2003: Member of the expert working group of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) »Demographic Change and Nature Conservation«

Selected expert assesments and reviews for scientific journals

Selected newspaper and media interviews

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