I studied French Literature and Philosophy in Geneva before coming to Germany on a two-year scholarship at the beginning of 1989 and then remaining here. During my doctorate, I taught French and worked as a news translator and newsreader at Deutsche Welle. After completing my dissertation on Emmanuel Levinas at the University of Bochum, I taught philosophy as a temporary lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter) at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. A project on peace research took me to Vechta for one year, and since October 2004 I have worked at Europa-Universität Flensburg, since March 2010 as a Lecturer (akademischer Rat). 

• Practical and political philosophy
• Philosophy of peace from a historical and systematic perspective
• Philosophy of social and interpersonal relationships
• Phenomenology of injury and suffered violence
• Emmanuel Levinas

• Member of the Equal Opportunities Committee (2010–2017)
• Member of the Central Budget and Planning Committee (ZHP, since 2012)
• Member of the Senate (2016-2022; since 2024)
• Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer (since 2017)

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für französischsprachige Philosophie
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK)
• International Network of Philosophers of Education (INPE)
• Member of the Editorial Board of Levinas-Studies
• Member of the scientific advisory board of the Friedensinstitut Freiburg (Freiburg Institute for Peace)