Professional Experience

since May 2003: Representative of German States in “Interchange of Data between Administration” (IDA) program of the European Commission

since July 2001: Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Senator für Finanzen; "Referent for e-Government"

1997-2001: University of Bremen, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science; "wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter" (full-time researcher)

1993-1994, 1995-1997: University of Hamburg, Dept. of Political Science; Tutor in Political Science

1994-1995: University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale;
Graduate Assistant in the Department of Foreign Languages

Education

2001: University of Bremen, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science; "Dr. ing." (Ph.D. in Computer Science; grade: summa cum laude)

1991-1997: University of Hamburg, Dept. of Political Science; Dipl.-Pol. ("M.A." in Political Science; grade: "sehr gut")

1994-1995: University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Dept. of Political Science; GPA: 4.0 (on 4.0 scale)

Scientific Conferences and Networks

2000-2001: PRISMA (Providing Innovative Service Models & Assessments), Research-Project funded by the EU-Commission within the 5^th-framework IST-program)

1999-2000: Study Group on customer-oriented integration of public services, Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsvereinfachung (KGSt)

1998-2001: COST-Action A14 "Government and Democracy in the Information Age", Working Group 3: "ICT and Public Administration"

June 12^th-13^th, 1998; Conference on "Machtfragen der Informationsgesellschaft", Frankfurt a.M.; Organization of Panel on interactive townhalls in Germany (with Herbert Kubicek)

10^th-14^th, 1996: Virtual Democracy, 9^th EURICOM Colloquium on Communication and Culture, Piran, Slovenia, April; Paper on "American Concepts of Electronic Democracy and Their Significance for German Politics"

April 6^th-8^th, 1995: 53^rd Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago; Paper on "Internet: New Developments in the Third World"

Languages

English, near native command

German, native speaker

French, basic knowledge

Memberships

Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI), since 1999

Deutsche Vereinigung für politische Wissenschaft (DVPW), since 1997

Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, since 1994

Other Activities

Intern at Senator Paul Simon’s office in the U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., May-July 1995

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