Biography

1942 Born at Greifswald, Mecklenburg, North Germany.

1948-1953 Elementary School, Pestalozzi Volksschule, Koblenz/Rhein, Germany (West).

1953-1962 Secondary School at Koblenz/Rhein, Germany (West).

1962 Matriculation (Abitur), Max-von-Laue-Gymnasium, Koblenz/Rhein, Germany (West).

1962-1965 Studies in Economics, Law & History, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany (West).

1965-1968 Studies in Economics, Law & History, University of Bonn, Germany (West).

1968 Dipl.-Volkswirt (MEcons), Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Bonn, Germany.

1968-1971 Associate Academic Assistant, Department of International Economic Affairs, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Bonn.

1971 Dr. rer.pol., Doktor der Staatswissenschaft, (Doctor of Political Economics), Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Bonn (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn), Germany (West).

1971-1974 Academic Assistant, Department of International Economic Affairs, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Bonn.

1974 Offer for Professor in Economics, Department of Economics and Administration, University of North Chile.

1975-1978 Associate Professor in Economics, Faculty of Labour Science, University of Bremen, Germany (West).

1978 Offer for Professor, Chair in Consumer Affairs, Faculty of Labour Science, University of Technology, Berlin (West), Germany.

1978-2000 Professor, Chair in Economics, specialised in Consumer Affairs, Head of Institute of Labour & Consumer Research, Faculty of Labour Science. Since August 1994, Faculty of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany (West).

2000 Emeritus Professor, University of Bremen, Germany (Universitätsprofessor, pensioniert).

1988-1992 Deputy Dean, Acting Dean, Faculty of Labour Science, University of Bremen, Germany.

1972-1985 Member of EC-Committee on European Integration, Section Germany.

1986-1987 Member of Committee on Energy, Parliament State of Bremen, Germany.

1978-1979 Visiting Scholar at Department of Nutrition, San Francisco State University, California, and Californian Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Sacramento, USA.

1976-1990 Visiting Scholar at Department of Consumer Studies, University of Guelph, Ontario, and Ontario Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Toronto, Canada.

1995 Offer of Attachment to the Federal Bureau of Consumer Affairs, Federal Attorney-Generals Department, Canberra, Australia.

1998 Visiting Professor at Department of Marketing, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2000-2003 Visiting Professor at Institute of Economics, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany.

1992-1997 Visiting Professor at Department of Economics, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia.

1997-2004 Adjunct Professor, Discipline of Economics, School of Business, Faculty of Law, Business & The Creative Arts, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.

2004-2013 Adjunct Professor of Economics, School of Law, Faculty of Law, Business & The Creative Arts, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.

2007-2012 Patron of the Australian Companies Institute (Ausbuy), Sydney, Australia.

2012 DAAD Research Ambassador (German Academic Exchange Service), Sydney, Australia.

2012 Co-Editor of the Journal of World Economic Research (JWER), Science Publishing Group, New York, USA

2012-2013. Representative of the University of Bremen to support the Co-operation between JCU and University of Bremen.