- MA Germanic Studies & Philosophy at Tübingen University, Germany (1993)
- Director of the House of Documentary Film in Stuttgart, Germany (1995-96)
- Phd Film & Mediastudies University of Hildesheim, Germany (2004)
- Assistant prof. Mediastudies University of Amsterdam (2003-2005)
- Visiting lecturer at the Departments of Germanic Languages and Literature & Screen Arts and Cultures / University of Michigan (2007-2008)
- Lecturer Mediastudies & program coordinator ‘Changing Literacies’ at Utrecht University (2009-2011)
- Assistant prof. Digital Visual Culture VU University Amsterdam (2011-2013)
- Assistant prof. Media and Cultural Studies Utrecht University (2013-2014)
- German teacher and free-lance archivist/scholar (2014- )