With more than 25 years of experience in coherent and informed planning I acquired comprehen­sive professional know-how in urban and regional development & management, sustainable land use planning, environmental impact assessments and socio-cul­tural research that was - at least since the Leipzig Charter has been drawn up -always linked to sustainable integrated urban development. I achieved my Engineering Diploma in Urban & Regional Planning at Technical University in Berlin and at Columbia University in New York in 1991.

Since I was engaged in socio-cultural research at PAR institute / TU Darmstadt with emphasis on international development, I feel obliged to work on global challenges and I am longing to apply my professional knowledge about social disparities, environmental sustainability, good governance and climate change in dialogue with people in need. For instance, I was engaged as senior government advisor in Syria and my recent assignment in Albania focussed on capacity building to spread European standards & methods of integrated sustainable spatial planning.

Beside supervising and controlling of planning projects and academic research I elaborated numerous land usage surveys; feasibility studies; analyses; scenarios; zoning concepts and development proposals on behalf of public authorities and private enterprises. Thereby I have been working predominantly independent on national and international projects. With my commitment in the elaboration of proposals and studies, evaluation and steering of international donor projects and on the job training of municipal employees I contributed to the success of several consulting firms. My skills in monitoring and evaluation, project management &controlling, budget calculation and dialogue & participation processes as well as urban legislation &governance are advanced.