Short Bio
- Program coordinator and manager, consultant and author with focus on democracy-related education, digital transformation, active citizenship, civil society.
- Project manager at the Association of German Educational Organizations (AdB) (DIGIT-AL project)
- Network Secretary of the European network DARE – Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe
- Other current projects: LICEAL Linking Citizenship and Employability Perspectives in Adult Learning; Competendo digital toolbox; EntreComp 360 – Entrepreneurship Education
- Born 1973 in Wolfenbüttel (Germany)
- Studied Political Science at Potsdam University
- Civil engagement: Citizen Deputy in the municipal district parliament (Committee for Integration and Participation since 2022; Budget Committee 2020-21). Was Board member of the Greens in the city district of Berlin (2019-2021).
Live
05/06/2023: Mission possible: Neue Wege politischer Erwachsenenbildung. Transfer für Bildung e.V. /Fachstelle politische Bildung – Transversalen in Zusammenarbeit mit der Koordinierungsstelle der Europäischen Agenda für Erwachsenenbildung, Haus der Technik, Essen
28-29/04 2023: Learning (the) Digital. Politische Bildung in der digitalen Transformation. Kooperationstagung der Akademie für Politische Bildung mit dem Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten, Tutzing am Starnberger See.
23-24/02 2023: Demokratisches Miteinander gegen Hassrede und Desinformation. Protecting Democracy from Online Disinformation & Hate. European Observatory of Online Hate (EOOH), Berlin
30/01-3/2 2023: Conference to discuss the follow-up of the Democracy Here | Democracy Now youth campaign. Council of Europe, European Youth Centre, Strasbourg
22-23/11/2022: Widerstandsfähigkeit demokratischer Gesellschaften stärken. Die Rolle politischer Bildung in Zeiten globaler Krisen. Fachtagung des Arbeitskreises deutscher Bildungsstätten AdB. Heiligenhof, Bad Kissingen
21-22/11/2022: Being Entrepreneurial 2022. A celebration of entrepreneurial learning across Europe. EntreComp Awards Ceremony. EntreComp Commmunity. Av. de l’Yser 5, 1040 Etterbeek
08-09/11/2022: Civic Actors in War and Peace. International conference Civic Actors in Conflict VI by Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia (PDCS), Bratislava
29/09-01/10/2022: International Conference: Inclusive Citizenship as Belongings, Practices and Acts. Leibniz Research Center for Inclusive Citizenship (CINC) and ECPR Standing Group Citizenship, Leibniz University Hannover.
28/06-02/07/22: SSYS Youth Promoters for Social Cohesion: Final Workshop in East Timor. State Secretariate for Youth and Sports East Timor, GIZ East Timor, DARE Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe. Dili.
02/06/2022: Entrepreneurship education and active citizenship. Let’s find common ground. With DARE network (Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe), Lifelong Learning Platform and Bantani Education. 16:00 to 17:45 in Mundo-Madou (Avenue des Arts 7-8, 1210 Brussels)
01/06/2022: Event and Book Launch: Learning ‘the Digital’. Digital competence and pedagogy from the perspective of Education for Democratic Citizenship. With: Francesca Operti (EAEA), Klara Engels-Perenyi (EU Commission), moderated by Marco Oberosler (CCI Trento). Representation of Lower Saxony to the European Union, Brussels.
05/05/2022: Digitalisierung und non-formale Bildung – Möglichkeiten für die Internationale Jugendarbeit an der Schnittstelle zur politischen Bildung. Hessen Total International Neue Impulse für die Praxis der Internationalen Jugendarbeit. online
02/05/2022: Workshop: Definitionen und Beispiele zur Verbindung von Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. In Seminar: Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit – passt das zusammen? Karl-Arnold-Stiftung. online
30/11/2021: A Healthy Digitalisation for Digital Wellbeing – with Elisa Gambardella, Pascal Gascoin, Estel·la Oncins. Lifelong Learning Week 2021. online
18/11/2021: Workshop: Power dynamics in participation and exclusion in a virtual space. In EAEA Annual Conference: Learning to exercise democracy in a digital world. online. Grundtvig Award 2021 for Adult Learning.
26/10/2021: Politische Bildung online: all inclusive? Session des Arbeitskreises deutscher Bildungsstätten (AdB) mit Friedrun Erben. Haus der Jugend: Jugendarbeit nach Corona Jugendpolitische Fachveranstaltung
24-29/10/2021: Applying methods and approaches to understand digital transformation. Training Digital Transformation in Adult learning for Active Cituzenship. Porto.
07/10/2021: Digitalisierung – eine Chance für zielgruppenorientierte politische Weiterbildung Erwachsener? Impulse aus dem Projekt DIGIT-AL. Stakeholdermeeting Agenda Erwachsenenbildung. online
23-24/09/2021: Life Skills - Zukunft der Erwachsenenbildung? Presenter DIGIT-AL Project. Experts' conference of Erasmus+ Adult Learning, European Agenda for Adult Education and EPALE. Erfurt, Zentralheize.
07/09/2021: Digital activism and democracy. EPALE Community Conference 2021. online
05/06/2021: Proactivity, civil engagement, entrepreneurship – for a common pedagogy.“ESSENCE – Entrepreneurial Skills in School Education: Nurturing Citizenship and Entrepreneurship” held in the school IC “Fontanile Anagnino” in Rome. online
26/05/2021: Platforms, Big data, AI: Learning about key concepts of the new internet from a user, economic, technical and ciotizen perspective. In: DIGIT-AL Online-Training: Digital Competence as a civic key-competence. online
05/05/2021: Digitalisation as a political, social and economic process. The specific potential of Education for Democratic Citizenship. The DIGIT-AL project. Bar Camp Politiosche Bildung ABC Haus Hüll.
12/04/2021: Underpinning the role of the European Education Area in supporting Europe to achieve Agenda 2030. Organised by Bridge 47, 14.30 - 15.30 CET. online
02/2021: Die Puppenspieler der digitalen Transformation, Lernen über Plattformen: Geschäftsmodelle, Funktionsweisen, Macht. online
30/09/2020: Democratic Resilience: Civil Society Organisations as Key Actors. In: Conference: Depoplarisation: Road to Deeper Trust. 5th International Conference “Civic Actors in Conflict" by PDCS Slovakia. online
28/09/2020: Digitale Transformation als Thema der politischen Erwachsenenbildung. Kommission Erwachsenenbildung des Arbeitskreises deutscher Bildungsstätten. Bremen, Lidice-Haus.
24-29/02/2020: Training and experts' exchange in Brussels: Smart city, smart work, smart life? Smart teaching! DIGIT-AL Digital Transformation in Adult Learning for Active Citizenship.
06/10/2020: Digital transformation, digital rights and human rights as a topic for civic education. Online workshop in the frame of the ifa CrossCulture programme. Institut für Auslandswesen. online
30/09/2020: Democratic Resilience: Civil Society Organisations as Key Actors. In: Conference: Depoplarisation: Road to Deeper Trust. 5th International Conference “Civic Actors in Conflict" by PDCS Slovakia. online
28/09/2020: Digitale Transformation als Thema der politischen Erwachsenenbildung. Kommission Erwachsenenbildung des Arbeitskreises deutscher Bildungsstätten. Bremen, Lidice-Haus.
24-29/02/2020: Training and experts' exchange in Brussels: Smart city, smart work, smart life? Smart teaching! DIGIT-AL Digital Transformation in Adult Learning for Active Citizenship.
Texts
- Guide: Networking and Collaboration
- Entrepreneurship Education – in Youth Work and Non-formal Education
- Handbook for Facilitators: Learning the Digital
- Context Paper: Digitalisation and Democracy
- Brochure: The Digital Self
- Brochure: Internet, Big Data, Platforms
- Brochure: Digital Transformation: Work under Transformation
- The Urban Commons Cookbook – Strategies and Insights for Creating and Maintaining Urban Commons
- Demokratie, Patriotismus, Dialog – Über Władysław Bartoszewski
- Creativity Handbook: How to unleash creativity in individuals and groups?
- Diversity Dynamics: Activating the Potential of Diversity in Trainings
- Holistic Learning – Planning experiential, inspirational and participatory learning processes
- Initiative Cookbook – Homemade Civic Engagement.
- Steps toward action: Empowerment for self-responsible initiative
- Mentoring Handbook
- Zwischen Partizipationsversprechen und Algorithmenmacht – Jan-Hinrik Schmidt – Rezension
- Digitaler Wandel betrifft uns alle – Artikel
- Bildung und Digitalisierung – Rezension
- Conceptions of digital competence from the perspective of democracy-related (civic) education
- Zwischen Utopie und Dystopie – Rezension
- How to use competence frameworks?
- “We need rights-based learning about digitalisation”
- Interview about smart devices (with AFP, Jan 2022)
- Digitalisation and the Environment
- Proactivity, civil engagement, entrepreneurship – for a common pedagogy.
- Bilder von der Digitalisierung – verändern?
- Expanding the Pedagogy of the Digital
- Im Zweifel? Gegen die Demokratie. Zum konspirativen Denken.
- Politische Bildung und die digitale Transformation der Arbeitswelt
- The Digital Self. Impact of Digitalisation on Personal Identity
- Shoshana Zuboff: Das Zeitalter des Überwachungskapitalismus
- The Urban Commons as a Resilient Space for Democracy
- Democratic Resilience: Civil Society Organisations as Key Actors.
- Anerkennung von non-formalen und informellen Kompetenzen: Kompetenzen bilanzieren
- Lebenslang Lernen: Menschen befähigen, Autorenschaft für ihre Lernbiographie zu übernehmen
- NGOs und Unternehmen als Lernorte für Demokratie
- Engagement als Schlüsselkompetenz konsequent fördern: Civic Competencies 2.0
- Zivilgesellschaft und digitaler Ungehorsam
- Europa und die digitalen Bürgerrechte
