EDUCATION:
1978-1990 studied Sociology, Social-and
Economic History and Austronesian Languages,
Göttingen, Hamburg, Bielefeld
1984 M.A., Hamburg University, Germany
1990 Dr.rer.soc., Bielefeld University
LANGUAGES:
German, English, Indonesian, Malay
(speaking, writing, reading, lecturing)
French (speaking, reading)
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS:
German Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
European Association for
South-East Asian Studies
EMPLOYMENT:
1997 -
University of Bonn, Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures,
Director
University of Bonn, Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies
Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Head of Department
1990-1997
University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology,
Senior Lecturer in Development Planning and Southeast Asian Studies
1986-1990
University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology,
Research Fellow
1985-1986
Documentalist for Southeast Asia in the Documentation Centre of the
Sociology of Development Research Centre (SDRC), University of Bielefeld
VISITING POSITIONS AND
CONSULTANCY:
2001-2002
Visiting Professor
Department of Sociology, University of Udayana, Indonesia
1996-1997
Senior Research Fellow
Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, The National University of Malaysia,
Bangi
1994
GTZ-PMPW, Bandung (Consultant)
Project on Regional Development
1994
GTZ-PMPW, Bandung (Consultant)
Seminar on “Qualitative Methods in Social Research and Development
Planning”.
1994
Population Studies Centre, Yogyakarta (Consultant)
Empirical Study on “The Impact of Electrification on Poverty” for the
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
1992-1994
Andalas University, Centre for Studies of Development and
Socio-Cultural Change,
(Visiting Lecturer, DAAD), Padang, Indonesia
1991
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (Consultant)
Feasibility Study on “Förderung von Selbsthilfemaßnahmen
von Frauen in Thailand”.
Thailand
1990
Institute of Sociology (Visiting Lecturer, DAAD), Hanoi, Vietnam.
1988-1989
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Research Fellow), Singapore
FIELD RESEARCH:
1983, East Java
1986, East Kalimantan
1987-1988, Central Java
1988, East-Kalimantan
1991, East-Kalimantan
1993, West-Sumatra
1994, Central Java
1996, West-Sumatra, Java
2001-2002, East-Indonesia