Experience
- Co-founder and since 2005 board member and senior consultant at finep
- Further training in systemic counseling, leadership and group dynamics (Systemisches Institut für Bildung, Systemisches Institut Tübingen), non-violent communication, Art of Hosting
- Facilitation of a large number of events with political bodies, interest groups and citizens using a variety of methods and procedures, both virtually and in person
- Consultancy services on citizen participation and civic engagement, regional and neighborhood development, socio-spatial action
- Development of strategies and integrated action plans
- Design and facilitation of numerous citizen participation processes
- Design and management of projects in the fields of democracy education, civic engagement promotion, coaching, and integration.
- Head of the “Socially Integrative City” program at the City of Esslingen
- Training as a mediator (Stuttgarter Institut für Konfliktbewältigung e.V.)
- Training as a systemic organizational developer at the Systemic Institute for Education, Research and Consulting with the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, Helm Stierlin Institute
- Diploma in Geography from the University of Stuttgart
Main areas of work
Facilitation
Organisational
development,
Strategy and process consulting
Work samples
- Organisational development for the German Association for Landscape Conservation (2020-2022): Organisational analysis, development of institutional goals, clarification of processes and responsibilities, adjustment of the interaction between individual state representations and the federal association
- Organisational development for the Weltladen umbrella organization (2023-2024): Organisational analysis, change in the structure of the organization, clarification of cooperation, responsibilities and decision-making channels
- Process support for the Service Center for Child and Youth Participation Baden-Württemberg through the facilitation of management and team meetings (2019-2025)
- Future Forum Agriculture on behalf of the Swabian Alb Biosphere Reserve. Design and facilitation of large-scale forums with stakeholders from agriculture, nature conservation and the general public on sustainable agriculture, followed by project development workshops (2019)
- Strategy and concept development, consulting and facilitation for the Organic model regions Enzkreis (2017), Neckar Odenwald (2018-2025), the Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (2019), the regions Heilbronn region (2020), Heidenheim Plus (2020) and the Swabian Alb biosphere area (2020).
- Facilitation of the Council for Development Cooperation, advisory body of the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg within the framework of “Welt:Bürger gefragt!”, including fireside chats with experts and representatives of state politics, on behalf of the Baden-Württemberg Development Cooperation Foundation (SEZ) (2020-2025)
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