since 1988 | Academic studies of Philosophy and later academic studies of Law at the Johann-Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, and at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
1992–1998 | Student Assistant and Scientific Assistant to the Chair for the Sociology and Philosophy of Law at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Röhl |
1995 | First Law Degree Appeals Court Düsseldorf |
1996 | Magister Artium in Philosophy Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
1997 | Second Law Degree Judicial Examination Office of North Rhine-Westphalia |
1998–2001 | Law clerk at the Federal Constitutional Court for VizePräs.BVerfG Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Winfried Hassemer |
since 2001 | Senior Research Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn, Prof. Dr. Christoph Engel |
2003 | Doctor of Law Johann-Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main Title of Doctoral Thesis: "Körperschaftsstatus und Religionsfreiheit" Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Stolleis |
2004 | Doctoral Thesis was awarded the "Walter-Kolb-Gedächtnispreis 2003 der Stadt Frankfurt am Main" |
2005 | Visiting Scholar at University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy |
2010 | Habilitation Faculty of Law and Political Economics at the Universität Bonn Title of Habilitation Thesis: "Gerechtigkeit als Proprium des Rechts" |
since 01.10.2010 | Professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Chair in Public Law, Legal Philosophy, and Law and Economic |