About Me
Current Activities
- Since 2020: Head of the Department of Leadership and Operations at the In-Service Training Institute of the Bavarian Police
- Since 2023: Member of the Editorial Team of the CEPOL Bulletin
- Since 2024: Project Leader of the research project “20 Years of Federal Police Austria”
- Since 2024: Module Leader for “Public Order Policing” in the “Master of Science in Policing” programme at the Netherlands Police Academy and Canterbury Christ Church University
- Since 2024: Certified PERMA-Lead® Consultant
- Since 2025: Advanced PERMA-Lead® Consultant
- Since 2026: Professional Scrum Master™, Professional Scrum Project Owner™
Education / Studies
| Until 1997 | Abitur at Karolinen-Gymnasium Rosenheim |
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| 09/1997 - 03/2000 | Training for the intermediate rank of the uniformed police service |
| 03/2002 - 08/2004 | Studies at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Law, Department of Police, in Fürstenfeldbruck; graduated as Diplom-Verwaltungswirt (FH). |
| 01/2008 - 05/2010 | Master’s programme in Criminology and Police Science at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (ECTS A). Master’s thesis: “Einsatzeinheiten der BRD im europäischen Ausland. Eine Analyse von Auslandseinsätzen geschlossener Einheiten anhand des Einsatzes deutscher Bereitschaftspolizeieinheiten bei der UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2008 in Österreich.” |
| 10/2011 - 09/2013 | Master’s programme “Public Administration – Police Management” at the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei (ECTS A). Master’s thesis: „The Austrian Human Rights Advisory Board. A tool to prevent the unethical use of police powers under the light of restorative justice principles.” |
| 10/2013 | Advanced training as a trainer for scenario-based learning / leadership communication training at the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei |
| 09/2015 | Doctorate as Dr. rer. publ. on “Arbeitszeitmodelle für den Streifendienst der Polizei. Eine interdisziplinäre Analyse am Beispiel der bayerischen Polizei.” |
| 01/2018 | Advanced training as a leadership trainer of the Bavarian Police at BPFI Ainring |
| 09/2024 | Qualification as PERMA-Lead Consultant |
Research and Areas of Expertise
Generations, especially Generations Z and Y. What characteristics do these generations have, do they really exist as “the Generation XYZ”, and what opportunities and challenges do they bring for organizations?
Leadership topics: I have been working as a leadership trainer at the Deutsche Hochschule der Polizei since 2013 and as a leadership trainer in Bavaria since 2018. I draw on my practical experience as a leader in a wide variety of roles, but constantly strive to broaden my horizons, evaluate new concepts and approaches, or rediscover old ideas.
Work science, in particular (EU) working time and occupational health law, findings on the humane design of shift work, and organizational-psychological aspects of shift work.
Crowd psychology: What exactly happens when large numbers of people gather, what is the difference between a physical and a psychological crowd, what is solidarity, and what role do security authorities play in these processes? This also encompasses aspects of phenomenology, criminology, strategy, and operational tactics.
Operational management: for over 20 years I have been professionally engaged in managing operational situations, more than 15 of those years in a wide variety of leadership and command roles. This work has also inspired me to engage in academic research, to contextualize and reflect on these many experiences. From this emerged my first master’s thesis, then the second, and finally a doctoral dissertation. My intensive engagement with the topic of “crowd psychology” is naturally also a direct outgrowth of this professionally-driven curiosity.
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