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2003
to date |
|
various
engagements as free-lancer in the area of management consulting,
political consulting, arts and culture. references on demand |
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2000 - 2003 |
(3
years) |
danzas
management ltd, basel, switzerland.
manager mergers and acquisitions. managing and supporting acquisition
projects worldwide, consulting and assisting in strategic planning at
danzas' group and local level as well as market studies, company
anaylsis and similar work in the context of business development. the
danzas group has been merged in 2003 into dhl
and is part deutsche
post world net |
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1998 - 1999 |
(19 months) |
monitor company, zurich,
switzerland. strategy consulting for multinational
companies throughout europe. projects involved among
others: defining a network-strategy for a large
logistics-company, competitive analysis in the public
transportation markets and telecommunication markets,
defining the national strategy for a multinational
consumer goods company |
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1995 |
(8 months) |
veba corporation, new york, usa.
internship as part of the cems-program (community
of european management schools). i was involved in
different finance and controlling projects of this
holding company, which plays the role of an interface
between its affiliate companies in america and its
shareholder in germany. in june 2000,
veba was merged with viag; the new company's name is e-on |
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1994 |
(4 months) |
veba aktiengesellschaft, düsseldorf,
germany. internship in the department of corporate
finance. i became acquainted with the main finance issues
of this large multinational company. i worked on the
following projects, among others: preparation of a multi
currency commercial paper-program, listing of veba-shares
on the new york stock exchange, rating, financial
analysis of the telecommunications market |
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1993 - 1994 |
(6 months) |
atag ernst & young,
lausanne, switzerland. internship as audit assistant. i
extended my accounting knowledge with practical
experience. i became familiar with different auditing
approaches. contact with clients gave me a very thorough
and versatile view of the swiss economic environment. in
2000, atag ernst & young has been renamed to ernst & young |
|
2009
to date |
|
universidade
de são paulo, brazil. post-doctoral research project on
"participatory budgeting and financial referenda. theoretical
considerations and a comparison between urban polities in brazil and
switzerland" with a fellowship awarded by the swiss
national science foundation |
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2003
to 2008 |
|
universität st.gallen, switzerland. phd
program in political sciences, doctoral thesis "mit direktdemokratischen verfahren
zu postkonventionellen politischen kulturen. theoretische
überlegungen anhand von anhand von jürgen habermas
und lawrence kohlberg" (postconventional political cultures via
processes of direct democracy. theoretical considerations based on the discourse ethics and the
developmental psychology by jürgen habermas and lawrence kohlberg),
examiners: prof. dr. peter
gross and prof. dr. philippe mastronardi |
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2003 to
2004 |
|
universität
basel, switzerland. studies in history, philosophy,
sociology and theology |
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1997 |
|
universität st.gallen, switzerland. graduation in political sciences/international
relations (lic.rer.publ.hsg), thesis on "glokalisierte identitäten. moderne
und postmoderne (selbstbe)spiegelungen" (glocalized
identities. modern and postmodern (auto)reflections), prof. dr. peter
gross, examiner |
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1996 |
|
institut des études politiques
de paris, france. studies in french related
political sciences and history and in european related
sociology |
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1995 - 1996 |
|
universität st.gallen, switzerland.
studies in political sciences and international relations
with supplementary visits of international organizations
in brussels, geneva, luxembourg and strasbourg |
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1995 |
|
new york university - tisch school of arts, department
of cinema studies, usa. studies in international
film analysis |
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1995 |
|
new york university - stern school of business, usa. mba-course
on organizational behavior and psychology, which provided
a deep insight into pivotal issues in corporate america |
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1994 - 1995 |
|
universtié catholique de
louvain, belgium. exchange semester as part of the cems-program. i
enrolled in special courses on european and global
business concerns. a highlight was intensive teamwork in
highly internationally diversified student groups |
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1991 - 1993 |
|
universität st.gallen, switzerland. basic
studies in business and economics. the specialty of the
university of st.gallen lies in taking a global,
integrated and strategic view on business issues. apart
from general courses in business administration and
economics i also completed courses in technology,
sociology, psychology, ethics, and ecology. to keep
contact with the business environment, we often worked
with case studies and are required to gain work
experience |
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1987 - 1991 |
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wirtschaftsgymnasium basel, switzerland.
matura typus e (baccalaureate in economics) |