Since completing my Ph.D. in Communication and Media Studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf with the thesis "Jugendliche und Politik - zwischen Like-Button und Parteibuch” (Youth and Politics - Between the Like Button and Party Membership) in 2015, I have been working as a freelance speaker, trainer, and consultant. My thematic focal points include digital and political participation, digital education and competencies, as well as citizen science and science communication. In addition to SCI:MOVE, I am a Research Associate at the FZI Research Center for Information Technology in Berlin, where I do research on digital democracy and digital citizen science. 

From 2019 to 2022, I conducted research on participation and citizen science at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Prior to that (2017 to 2018), I was the Department Head for Vocational Education and Digital Education at the Volkshochschule Köln. Between 2007 and 2012, I worked as a Research Associate in the field of Media Economics at Hochschule Fresenius Köln.