Director, member of Board of Trustees
born 1954 in Munich
| 1982 | PhD in philosophy on the theme “Time and Logic” at the University of Munich |
| 1982–1989 | Researcher and subsequently program director at the Max Planck Society |
| 1989–1995 | Director of the European Center for International Security |
| 1995–1999 | Founder and CEO of a small company for software-based reasoning and decision support |
| since 2000 | Director of the Parmenides Center for the Study of Thinking |
- Present teaching activities: philosophy, University of Munich, Philosophy Department, strategic thinking, SISSA, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
- Past teaching activities: Philosophy, University of Munich, Philosophy department (from 1981 to 1984), Pensiero Strategico (strategic thinking), University of Rome “La Sapienza” (2003); Tool-support and Visualization of Complex Reasoning, University of Bielefeld (2004);
- Joint guest program for international security studies, Harvard University and MIT (1983), Guest Scientist Program, American Academy for Arts and Sciences, (1984)
Public Sector (mainly 80s and 90s)
- National Governments: Germany (Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Defence, Chancellery), United States, Italy, Great Britain, Austria, Czech Republic, Sweden, South Africa
- Supranational Institutions: European Union, CSCE/OSCE, NATO, UN
- Chairman of the East-West Study Groups on International Security JACOS and JOSIM
- Co-chairman of the Pugwash Study Group on Conventional Arms Control
- Co-founder of EUNICE (European Network of Interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence)
Private Sector (mainly 90s)
- BASF, Bayer, BMW, Commerzbank, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Telekom, Kodak, Renault, Siemens, Zurich Financial Services
