Currently at Institute of Technology Assessment of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Previously consumer policy adviser at the Federal Ministry for Family, Youth and Consumer Protection, and the Society for Consumer Information. Recent project on social aspects of electronic money. Admitted to practice law in Germany and California. Senior researcher and lecturer at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media Law at the University of Muenster from 97-99.
Recent work includes thesis on enhancing consumer confidence in the electronic marketplace.
Experience in technology assessment and similar research with ICTs as main field of interest. Member of ESTO's executive committee. Main research interest in ICTS, including projects dealing on CAD, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Books, Multimedia. Ongoing projects on online bookselling and project on e-commerce and its political, economical, and social implications for the Deutsche Bundestag. His professional interest are in the technical problems connected to payment systems with main focus on operating risks, PKIs, standardisation process and security certification criteria.