since 2003: Free-lance author, specialized in researching women's lives and roles in society
2006 - 2007: Lecturer at the Fuzhou University and at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
1999 - 2002: Professor at the Department for German language and literature studies at the University of Miyazaki, Japan
1998: Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Relations of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1992 - 1999: Lecturer at the Department for German language and literature studies at the University of Miyazaki, Japan
1989: Conferral of a doctorate at the University of Vienna, Austria
1976: Started studying sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, and the University of Vienna, Austria. After graduate's studies, was invited for research studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Doctorate's studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, and the University of Vienna, Austria.
Has three children, and five grand-children
Born in Wustung/Czech Republic; German nationality