1942: Born in Milan (Italy), Grown up in Bolzano (South Tyrol)
1965: Pre-Diploma in Psychology, University of Hamburg
1967: Diploma in Psychology, University of Hamburg
1969: Award of Dr. rer. nat. (Prof. G. A. Lienert), University of Duesseldorf (Thesis: “Implizite Persönlichkeitstheorien von Lehrern”)
1976: Habilitation in Psychology (Prof. Dr. F. E. Weinert), University of Heidelberg (Thesis: “Wie das Denken und Verhalten von Lehrern organisiert ist”)
1967-1969: Graduate assistant, University of Duesseldorf (Prof. Lienert)
1969-1971: Research assistant in a project funded by a third party at University of Marburg/
1971-1978: Research assistant, University of Heidelberg (Prof. Weinert)
1978-1982: Full Professor of Educational Sciences, Technical University of Braunschweig
1982-2007: Full Professor of Educational Sciences (Educational Psychology), University of Mannheim
1995-1996: Spokesman of the collaborative research centre 245 “Sprache und Situation” of the German Research Foundation
1989-1996: Several projects founded by third parties (e.g. DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 245)
2002–2006: DFG-Schwerpunktprogramm “Bildungsqualität von Schule”
2007: First award-winner of the “Jimmy und Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration” for the introduction of „Service Learning”-seminars
Beirat “Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung”
Reviewer for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Max-Planck Institute of Educational Research, and several journals