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Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

• since 2021: Senior Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Oberrat) at Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Wiesbaden
• since 2025: Member of the board, German Society for Demography (DGD)

Professional Development and Previous Positions

• 2022-2025: Executive Director, 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!
• 2021-2025: 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

Education

• 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

Memberships and Activities in Scientific Associations

• 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«

Publisherships

• 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

Scientific Consulting 

• 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+2024: 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

• Bulletin of Geography (socio-economic series)
• Bundesministerium des Innern
• Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• Bundesministerium für Finanzen
• Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
• Community of Dösemealti/Turkey
• Comparative Population Studies
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen
• ERDKUNDE
• Gates Open Research
• Global Health Action
• 2. Hamburger Klimabericht
• Helmholtz-Allianz "Energy-Trans"
• International Monetary Fund, Washington
• Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft
• Landscape and Urban Planning
• Landesentwicklungsplan Rheinland-Pfalz
• National Science Centre Poland
• Raumforschung und Raumordnung
• Schweizerischer Nationalfond
• Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz
• Stadt Mannheim, Integrationsausschuss
• Stadt Mannheim, Sozialplanung
• Statistisches Bundesamt – International Cooperation
• Urban Planning Open Access Journal
• Zirius, University of Stuttgart

        Selected newspaper and media interviews

• ARD radio, 11.7.2025: Die Menschheit wächst langsamer
• BBC World Service, 22.2.2024: Interview in "The Real Story: Getting ready for an older population"
• Arte (21.1.2024): Interview in "Sind wir zu viele?"
• Welt Online (4.1.2024): Interview "Werden Deutsche ohne Migrationshintergrund langfristig zur Minderheit?"
• Tagesschau.de (9.3.2023): Interview in "Globales Bevölkerungswachstum - Die Angst vor der 'Überbevölkerung'"
• Die Zeit (5.1.2023): Interview in "Das große Schrumpfen"
• Deutsche Welle - Business Beyond (28.12.2022): Interview in "Too many people? The challenges of demographic change"
• ZDF (15.11.2022): Interview in "Heute Journal"
• Deutschlandfunk (22.1.2022): Interview in "Aus Kultur und Sozialwissenschaften - Warum die Weltbevölkerung schrumpfen wird"
• FAZ (10.1.2022): Interview in "Wo Menschen Kinder bekommen - und wo nicht"
• FAZ (6.12.2021): Interview in "Bevölkerung schrumpft vielerorts"
• Deutschlandfunk (10.7.2021): Interview in "Globale Krisen. Wie viel Einfluss hat die wachsende Weltbevölkerung?"
• New York Times and Seattle Times (22.5.2021) on Population Decline
• Die Welt (6.10.2020) on Global Population Trends
• Deutsche Welle (21.9.2020) on Rural Depopulation
• Frankfurter Rundschau (20.8.2020) on Poplation Growth in Africa
• FAZ (11.7.2020) on Population Growth in Africa
• Die Zeit (18.11.2019)  on 7.7 Billion People
• Der Spiegel (21/2019) on Global Population Trends
• The Economist (15.4.2017) on Depopulation in Germany
• ntv (28.3.2015) on Demographic Change and Migration
• See lectures for full list

Commercial Consulting

• Blumenauer Immobilien Holding Research (location analysis)  
• Lahmeyer Consulting (data bases and GIS)   
• Plötz Immobilienverlag (location analysis, GIS)   
• Reiss-Museum Mannheim (historical cartography)

Previous Research Projects

(Discontinued websites in German)

• Ethnic Business in Mannheim
• National Atlas of Germany: Population
• Atlas Foreign Population in Mannheim
• Analysis of the Population Development of the Palatinate During the 19th and 20th Century - With Special Consideration of the Jewish Communities
• Sustainable Development of Tourism in Dösemealti/Antalya (Turkey)
• Reorganisation of the Migration Services of the Caritas Verband Mannheim e.V. 
• Ethnic Germans in Mannheim 1980-1997
• Digital Publisher MATEO (Bibliography Economic and Social History of Southwest Germany)
• Data Warehousing and GIS
• Real Estate Atlas with GIS

Grants

• 1997: Society of Friends of the University of Mannheim

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