Vita
| University education | |
| 1982 | 'Abitur' |
| 1982 - 1987 | German language and literature, musicology at Bonn University |
| 1984 - 1987 | Dutch language and literature, Bonn University and Cologne University |
| 1987 - 1989 | Dutch language and literature & German language and literature at Leiden University (Netherlands) |
University degrees |
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| 1989/01/26 | MA German language and literature - 'Doctoraal Duitse taal- en letterkunde' (Leiden) |
| 1989/08/31 | MA Dutch language and literature - 'Doctoraal Nederlands taal- en letterkunde' (Leiden) |
| 1999/02/04 | PhD (Universiteit Leiden) |
Employments |
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| 1990 - 1995 | Scientific assistent in Dutch linguistics at the Dutch department of Leiden University |
| 1995 - 2000 | Scientific assistent in Dutch linguistics at the Dutch department of Vienna Univesity |
| since 10/2000 | Full professor for Dutch linguistics at the Dutch department of the Freie Universität Berlin |
Academic functions |
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| Coordination of the BA programme 'Sprache & Gesellschaft' (Language & Society) and of the MA programme 'Sprachwissenschaft' (Linguistics) | |
| since 2020 | Member of the Raad voor de Nederlandse Taal en Letteren (RNTL, 'Council for Dutch Language and Literature') of the Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union) |
| since 2020 | Member of the Scientific Board of the (Fachinformationsdienst für Niederlandistik, Niederlande-, Belgien- und Luxemburgforschung) |
| since 2018 | Confident of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities of Freie Universität Berlin (Code of Honor to Ensure Good Scientific Practice) |
| 2015 - 2018 | Board member of the International Association of Dutch Studies (Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek, IVN) |
| 2001 - 2007 and 2013 - 2017 |
Member of the 'Fachbereichsrat' (board of the faculty) of the 'Fachbreich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften' (FU Berlin) |
| 01/2006 - 06/2007 | Delegate of the president for the implementation of the Bologna process at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 04/2003 - 02/2006 | Dean of studies of the Faculty of Humanities at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| since 2005 | Member of the steering committee of the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Languages at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 2002 - 2004 | Chairman of the commission for the "European Master's Degree in Linguistics" |