Vice President Research und Professor for Digital Urban Cultures at the HafenCity University Hamburg

Director of the City Science Lab, a cooperation with the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, USA

Academic lead UNITAC, a cooperation with the United Nations (UN Habitat, OICT) 

Co - Founder comaps - connecting data

Stipendist of the Humboldt Foundation (Feodor-Lynen Program) Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge/USA (2021) 

Awards for the CSL: URBACT EU, Geospatial World Award, Hamburg Open Science

Member of the Research Committee of The Interface Society, sounding board of RISE Cities, BMW foundation.