| 1962 - 1969 | Studies of Economics at the Freie Universität Berlin |
| 1969 | Degree (Diploma) in Economics |
| 1969 - 1970 | Training at the German Institute for Development Policy in Berlin
Project (field research in Ethiopia): Compilation of a simple input - output matrix for Ethiopia |
| 1970 | Project: Labour market problems in Africa |
| 1971 - 1973 | Chinese language studies and postgraduate research in Singapore, Hongkong, China, Tokyo sponsored by the Volkswagen Foundation |
| 1974 - 1979 | Research position at the Institute for Development Research and Policy at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Projects on China's social and economic development |
| 1978 | Ph. D. in Economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Thesis: Adjustment in China's economic system and China's industrialization strategies |
| 1979 - 1984 | Head of China-Section at the HWA - Institute for Economic Research in Hamburg.
Various projects on China's economic structure and reform
Consulting China's National Planning Commission on the restructuring of China's economy, free trade zones, the banking system, the establishment of joint ventures, growth-cum-debt policy, regional policies, social policy |
| Since 1984 | Professor of East Asian Economics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Chair offered at the Economics Department of Duisburg University (rejected)
Several times Dean and Vice - Dean, member of various Commissions
Visiting Professor, Research Professor or Senior Research Fellow at
The University of International Business and Economics in Beijing (1982 and 1998)
The University of Tokyo (1985 and 1999)
The University of California (1986)
The University of Nagoya (1997 / 98)
The University of Singapore (1999)
The University of Sao Paulo (2007)
Research in China, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Vietnam, South America, South Korea, USA |