• Inter- and transdisciplinarity in research:
  Challenges and requirements; process design in projects and project groups; quality and evaluation
• Inter- and transdisciplinarity in teaching:
  Imparting competencies for inter- and transdisciplinary work; general propaedeutics of science (human and natural) (allgemeine Wissenschaftspropädeutik); curriculum development (higher education); quality and evaluation
• Sustainability:
  The idea of sustainability; education and sustainable development; the good life and the concept of needs; sustainable consumption

Research:

Leading a research group; initiating, acquiring and leading research projects (9 projects with more than CHF 200’000 third-party funding; roughly 20 research projects with a smaller amount of third-party funding); managing research projects and project groups; promoting young researchers; designing and organising conferences and workshops

Teaching:

Designing and delivering seminars and lectures at all levels of higher education (alone or team teaching; Universities Bern, Fribourg, Lüneburg, Munich and Bochum as well as PH FHNW and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art); assessing students; designing (in terms of content and methods) and supervising degree courses; establishing and maintaining offerings of further training (Universities Bern, Lüneburg, Munich, PH FHNW and on behalf of DFG, BMBF and other organisations)

Consulting:

Consulting institutions, organisations and projects on questions about inter- and transdisciplinarity and curriculum development

Leadership:

Co-leading of an interdisciplinary university institute; personnel planning and personnel management; coordinating and supervising processes concerning the running of degree courses; supervising course guidance and marketing of degree courses