Promotion 1989 über das Thema:
                                                                                                            "Die Geburt der Moderne, der Bürger und die Tonkunst !"
                                                                                                                             (eine soziologische Studie über den musikästhetischen Wandel
                                                                    vom Barock zur Klassik)

                                                                                                               Arbeitsschwerpunkte:
                                                                                                                               - Soziologie der E- & U-Musiken 
                                                                                                                          - Jugendsubkulturforschung 
                                                                                                                                      -  Rechtsextremismus (Rechte Musik) 
                                                                                                                                    -  Mediengeschichte & -soziologie  
                                                                                                                                                    - Sozialgeschichte & Soziologie des Fussballs
                                                                                                       - Mensch & Natur
                                                                                                          - Alles über Pilze
                                                                                                                                              und andere Wald- & Wiesen-Themen

                                                                                                              Arbeitet(e) für die folgenden Hörfunkredaktionen:
                                                                 SWR 2 THEMA MUSIK
                                                                       SWR 2 JETZMUSIK          
                                                           SWR 2  FEATURE
                                                           SWR 2 ZEITWORT
                                                               SWR 2 DSCHUNGEL
                                                         SWR 2 MATINÉE
                                                         SWR 2 WISSEN
                                                        SWR 2 ESSAY
                                                          SWR 2 JOURNAL
                                                                          SWF 2 VOR MITTERNACHT
                                                                      SWF 2 MUSIKFEATURE

                                                                              WDR 3 STUDIO NEUE MUSIK
                                                             WDR 3 FREIRAUM
                                                                      WDR 3 MUSIKFEATURE

                                                                               NDR KULTUR PRISMA MUSIK

                                                                DLF WIR ERINNERN

                                                                                                                                         (sowie gelegentlich als Pilz- & Kräuter-Experte fürs SWR-Fernsehen)

                                                                                                                             ab 2019: Lehrauftrag an der Universität Bonn                                   

                                                                                       2000 bis 2018: Lehrauftrag an der Universität Koblenz
                                                                                 Seminare dort zu folgenden Themen: 
                                                                                                  "Musikalische Revolutionen  - von der Vorklassik bis zum Punk"
                                              "Popular Music & Confession"
                            "Funktionelle Musik"
                                                      "Sozialgeschichte & Soziologie des Jazz"
                                                                                                       "Sozialgeschichte & Soziologie des Fussballs"                                             
                                      "Recht(sextremistisch)e Musiken"
                                      "Zauberpilze / Magic Mushrooms"

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