1993–2000: study program in Evangelical Theology in Bethel and Göttingen
2000–2007: study program in Philosophy, General History of Religion, and Education in Göttingen
2007: degree of Magister Artium in the subjects of Education and Philosophy (grade: 1.0 "with distinction")
2007–2008: research assistant at the Institute for Educational Science at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2008–2011: research associate at the Department of Education/Empirical Research in Schools, Institute for Educational Science at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Since September 2011: research associate at the Department of Education and Psychology at Freie Universität Berlin
2013: Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, summa cum laude)