Academic Qualifications 
1991-1996:   PhD Programme at the Department of History, Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris. Supervisor: Professor Jean-Pierre Azéma. Topic of dissertation: “A case of European cultural identity? Life and work of Romain Gary.”  
1987-1989:   Postgraduate studies at the Institute for European Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.
1984-1987:   1984-1987 Graduate studies in political sciences at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of the University of Lyon, France.
1984:   Baccalauréat in Rouen, France.
Professional Experience 
Since Juli 2004:   Network Manager of CONNEX, a Network of Excellence funded by the European Union. General coordination, administration and financial management.
October 2000 to June 2004 Research fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (Germany) within the framework of the Research project SIR (Strategy options of international Governance).
April 1996 to September 2000   Senior lecturer at the University of Mannheim.
Assistant to Professor Beate Kohler-Koch at the Jean-Monnet Chair of European Integration.
May 1994 to April 1996:   Research fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research within the framework of the international research project "Regions as Political Actors in the European Integration".
September 1992
to February 1994:  
Lecturer for French at the University of Mannheim.
February 1990 to June 1991:   Military service as “Coopérant“ at the French cultural institute in Heidelberg.
Involvement in European Programmes 
Since October 2002   Member of the Monitoring Group of the project: “Development of a Core Curriculum on European Studies to be used in China”, funded by the Asia-Link programme.
Since October 2002   Co-Representative of the Mannheim node of the Research Training Network: “Dynamics and Obstacles of European Governance (GOV)” within the 5th Framework Programme of Research.
December 1999 bis December 2000:   Lecturer at the European University of Minsk (Belarus) within the framework of the TACIS/TEMPUS programme.
September 1999 and April 2000   European Visiting Professor at the Institute for European Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, within the framework of the "EU-China Higher Education Programme".
Membership in Associations 
• Member of the Lorenz-von-Stein Society

• Member of the French-German-Cultural-Association, Heidelberg (DFK)
(From June 2002 to June 2004 Vice-Chairman).