2001Doctor of Philosophy, Technical University of Berlin 1987Master’s Degree in Education, Free University of Berlin 1977 Bachelor of Science, Georgia State University / USA 2002-2004Training in Systemic Organizational Development, STEP Training-Supervision-Organisationsberatung, Berlin
2000-2015 Accredited Mediator and Mediation Trainer Federal Mediation Association
(membership temporarily suspended as long as I am working in Ethiopia)
1980-1981Training in Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, Movement for a New Society, Philadelphia