Career

• 1974: First State Examination for teaching at primary and lower secondary schools
• 1976: Degree (Diplom) in Education with specialization in Social Pedagogy, Dipl.-Päd. (Univ.)
• 1981: Doctorate (Dr. phil.)
• 1991: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Psychology
• 1992: Habilitation – Teaching Qualification in Education
• 1987–1988: Acting Chair (substitute professor) of Social Pedagogy, University of Wuppertal (Comprehensive University)
• 1988–1993: Head of the Educational and Psychological Service, the Psychosomatic Department, and the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital St. Elisabeth, Neuburg/Donau
• 1994: Appointment to the Chair of Social Pedagogy, Catholic University of Eichstätt
• 1999: License as Psychological Psychotherapist (Approbation)
• 2003: Re-designation of the chair to “Chair of Social Pedagogy and Health Pedagogy” at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• 2014: Retirement

Research Interests

• Theories of Social Work (Social Pedagogy and Social Work)
• Ethics of Social Work
• School Social Work
• Comparative and International Social Work
• Health – Environment – Society
• Rehabilitation and the Social World
• Social Work, Economics, and Ethics

Publications

The list of publications is available on the university’s publication server KU.edoc.