Curriculum Vitae
Positions
2011/12 Chair and fellow of the Research Group The Cultural Constitution of Causal Cognition: Re-Integrating Anthropology into the Cognitive Sciences at the ZiF, Bielefeld
2010 (II-IV) and 2011 (III-IV)
Visting researcher at the MPI for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen
since 2009
Heisenberg Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg/Brsg.
2008/09
- 2001-2003, 2005-2006, and 2008-2009Scientific staff member and assistant professor (replacement) at the Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg/Brsg.
- 2000/01, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2006 and 2007
- 1996-2000Research fellow at the University of Freiburg/Brsg. in projects on environmental topics supported by grants from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the Schwerpunktprogramm "Mensch und globale Umweltveränderungen"
- 1996-1999 and 2000-2003Research fellow at the Freiburg Institute of Palaeoscientific Studies (F.I.P.S.)
- Scholar- and Fellowships
since 2009
Heisenberg-Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2003-2008
Post-doc-Scholarship "Margarete-von-Wrangell-Habilitationsstipendium des Landes Baden-Württemberg", University of Freiburg/Brsg.
1996-1997
Scholar of the "Landes-Graduiertenförderung" at the University of Freiburg/Brsg.
- Graduation and Degrees
2008
Habilitation in Psychology, University of Freiburg/Brsg.
- 2000Doctoral Dissertation in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Freiburg/Brsg.
Thesis: "Fischer im Netz" on strategies of resource use and conflict management in Ha'apai, Tonga], summa cum laude, awarded with the "Carl-Theodor-Kromer-Preis" of the University of Freiburg (Geowissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2001)
- 1995Graduation as Master of Arts at the University of Freiburg/Brsg.
Thesis: "Beute unter Tabu" on ecological knowledge and behavior
- Field Trips
Fieldwork in the Kingdom of Tonga
1/97-3/97, 10/97-9/98, 7/99-8/99, 2/02-3/02, 2/04-9/04, 3/05-5/05, 7/05-9/05, 8/06, 9/09, 7-8/10
- Exploring visits
Polynesia (2/96-4/96), Rarotonga/Cook Islands (7/97), New Zealand (2/02-3/02), Fiji (1/97, 7/97), Guam (5/01-6/01)
