Education and Professional Experience
2013 – 2015 Head of the Department of Urban History at the Archaeological Museum Hamburg, City Museum Harburg and Helmsmuseum
2009 - PhD in Social and Economic History at the University of Hamburg
2008 – 2013 Research Assistant in Corporate Communications and Project Organization Marketing at E.R. Capital Holding in Hamburg
2005 – 2007 PhD scholarship at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven
1998 – 2004 Studies of Social and Economic History, minor subjects: Politics and Geography
1996 – 1997 Voluntary social year
1996 Abitur (A-Levels) at the Lessing-Gymnasium in Hamburg
Political Career
Since December 15, 2022 Chairwoman of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation
2020 – 2022 Chairwoman of the Ministry of Labour, Health, Social Affairs, Family and Integration
2015 – 2020 Chairwoman of the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Integration
Since 2018 State Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party Hamburg
Since 2014 Deputy State Chairwoman of the Social Democratic Party Hamburg
2011 – 2015 Member of the Hamburg State Parliament, Family Policy Spokeswoman and Deputy Chairwoman of the Political Group during the 21st legislative period
2004 – 2011 Member of the Harburg District Assembly, Youth Welfare Committee and Urban Development Committee, Deputy Chairwoman of the Political Group
