PhD in Soziologie, Universität Lancaster, 1996. Professor für Allgemeine Soziologie und Soziologische Theorie, Katholische Universität Eichstätt Ingolstadt, 2010-. Professor of Media Analysis, 2005-2010, School of Arts and Humanities; Reader in Social Theory, 2002-2005, Senior Lecturer in Social Theory, 1997-2002, Department of English and Media Studies, Nottingham Trent University. Lecturer in Culture, Organisation & Management, Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996-1997