About

In the early 1980s, I trained as a nurse in a psychiatric clinic in northern Germany. After a few years in nursing, I switched to sociology and completed my studies with a doctorate and habilitation in general sociology at the University of Münster, Germany.

Between 1994 and 2008, I worked as a quality manager and researcher at the Muenster Public Mental Hospital (LWL-Klinik Münster). After moving to Switzerland, I worked as a lecturer and professor in nursing research at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS) from 2009 to 2015. In 2015, I took up my position as Head of Research and Development at the Centre for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the Bern University Hospital for Mental Health (UPD Bern). Since July 2021, I have also been employed as a professor of psychiatric rehabilitation research at BUAS.