Born 1968 in Hadamar, Germany

After secondary several years of working after apprenticeship in a forwarding company 1996 Abitur at the Ruhr-Kolleg Essen

1997
Study of economics at the University in Cologne.
1997 - 1999
Study of economics at the University of Essen
1999
01.02. - 31.08. Internship at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.
1999
Study of Sociology, Politics and History at the University of Essen.
2000
Since January member of SERI.
Managing Editor of the monthly published SERI InfoMail.
2001
Academic project: "Values and Knowledge in Change"
Topic: Knowledge-Communities: (Self-)Organisation of Ecological Communication.
2002
April: Master Thesis on "Virtual networks of knowledge and sustainability strategies - European decision making through ecological communication".

Since Mai collaborator of the Wuppertal Institute at the EU-project "Adaptive Integration of Research and Policy for Sustainable Development (AIRP)".

M.A. degree in July.

Since July scientific collaborator of the University Essen. Preparation of the project "Policy-analyses and political management - Networks and learning processes of social and political steering."

Publications

• Schäfer, Jürgen (2002): Wissensgemeinschaften - Zur (Selbst)Organisation ökologischer Kommunikation, in: Pankoke, Eckart (Hg.): Wert- und Wissensmanagement, Motivations- und Evaluationsprozesse. Lehrforschungsprojekt im Studiengang ,Praktische Sozialwissenschaft'. Universität Essen, S. 139 - 165.

• Schäfer, Jürgen (2002): Virtuelle Wissensnetze und
  Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien. Europäische Willensbildung durch ökologische
  Kommunikation. Magisterarbeit: Universität Essen.