| 1940 |
Born in Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany |
| 1961-66 |
Studies in Economics and Sociology at the Universities of Cologne and Göttingen (Germany) and Dakar (Senegal, West Africa) |
| 1966 |
Diploma examination in Economics with optional subject Sociology at the University of Cologne |
| 1967-68 |
Researcher at the Pedagogical Centre in West Berlin and assistant in an academic advisory commission of the West Berlin senate (state government) |
| 1969-80 |
Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Science of the University of Tuebingen, in the field of School Pedagogics; secretary of the Central Planning Commission for a Comprehensive School at Tuebingen |
| 1975 |
PhD thesis: "Practice-oriented Curriculum Theory - Models of Problem-Solving Processes" |
| 1980-83 |
Project leader at the Institute of Applied Systems Research and Prognosis e.V.(registered society), Hannover, Germany ; completion of the interdisciplinary project "Consequences of a potential population decrease on living conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany" |
| 1983-89 |
Coordinator of the Systems Research Group of the University of Osnabrueck, and the interdisciplinary project "Intensive agriculture and nitrate pollution of the ground water in the district of Vechta", including the management of the project part Law-Administration-Social Sciences |
| 1989 |
Post-doctoral lecturing qualification ("Habilitation") in Sociology at the Technical University of Berlin. Thesis: "Population development and living conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany to the year 2040", appointment as a senior scientist in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Osnabrueck, managing the newly established courses in Applied Systems Science |
| 1990 |
Post-doctoral lecturing qualification in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Osnabrueck |
| 1989-2005 |
Teaching and research in Applied Systems Science and socio-economic aspects of environmental protection, since 1994 at the newly founded Institute of Environmental Systems Science at the University of Osnabrueck; interdisciplinary research project "A sustainable economic system in the fields of waste and emissions for the FRG" (1993-94); Research on integrated concepts for consolidating industrial societies |
| 2005 |
Retirement from full-time work, due to reaching the age limit |
| since 2005 |
Active as author and lecturer; offering a course per semester at the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Osnabrueck, |
| 2008 |
Publication of a book in German with the translated title "Freedom, Knowledge, Power, Money - A Systemic Analysis of Modern Society with the Aim of a Social Ecological Market Economy", 437 pages |
