| 1995 | Master of Arts in Philosophy, Public Law and Systematic Theology, University of Hamburg |
| 1997 | PhD in Philosophy, University of Hamburg |
| Scientific Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, University of Jena |
| 1997-1998 | Research Assistant and Instructor, Institute for Public Law and Philosophy Law, University of Jena |
| 1998 | Scientific Fellow, interdisciplinary research project "Methoden richterlicher Rechtsfindung", Universities Jena and Hagen |
| 1998-2002 | Assistant Professor for Practical Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, University of Jena |
| 2001-2002 | Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Spain, Uruguay and Argentina based on a research grant awarded by the "Goerres-Gesellschaft" |
| 2002 | Dr. habil. (PD) in Philosophy, University of Jena |
| 2002-2011 | Associate Professor, Stonehill College, Easton/Boston |
| 2008-2009 | Replacement, Full Professorship, University of Regensburg |
| 2011-2012 | Full Professor, Stonehill College, Easton/Boston |
| since 2012 | Director, Global Ethic Institute, University of Tübingen |
| since 2016 | Full Professor for Globalisation and Economic Ethics and Director of the Global Ethic Institute, University of Tübingen |
| 1973 | Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopolies, Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate |
| 1974 | Staff Assistant to United States Senator Phillip A. Hart |
| 1977 | Student Intern at Federal Research Board, Washington, DC |
| 1978 | Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm |
| 1978-1980 | Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Cambridge, MA |
| 1979-1980 | Research Associate, Falk Institute of Economic Research, Jerusalem, Israel, Collaboration with Michael Bruno |
| 1981 | Visiting Research Associate, London School of Economics |
| 1982 | Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC |
| 1983 | Consultant, OECD - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and Visiting Professor, Ecole des Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris |
| 1984-2002 | Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University (Assistant Professor, 1980-1982, Associate Professor, 1982-1983, Full Professor 1984-2002) |
| 1984-1986 | Visiting Professor, Institute of World Economics, Kiel |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Scholar, Bank of Japan and Japan Ministry of Finance, Tokyo |
| 1990-1992 | Visiting Professor of Macroeconomic Policy, WIDER - World Institute of Development Economics,Research, United Nations University, Helsinki |
| 1994-1996 | Founder and Chair, Executive Committee, Institute of Economic Analysis, Moscow |
| 1995-1999 | Director, Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, MA |
| 1998-2002 | Director, Center for International Development, Harvard University |
| 1999-2000 | Member, International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission appointed by U.S. Congress |
| 2000-2001 | Chair, Commission on Macroeconomics and Health for the World Health Organization, Geneva |
| 2002-2006 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan on Millennium Development Goals; Director, United Nations Millennium Project |
| 2002-2016 | Director, The Earth Institute and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Colombia University, New York |
| 2007-2016 | Special Advisor to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Millenium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals |
| 2010-2015 | Member, UN Secretary General's MDG Advocacy Group |
| | |
| | Current functions: |
| | Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University, New York |
| | Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres |
| | University Professor, Columbia University, New York |
| | Director, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| | Distinguished Fellow, IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| | Co-Founder and Director, Millennium Promise |
| | Founder and Chair, SDG USA |
| | Economic Advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia |
| | Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA |
| | Member, Brookings Panel of Economists, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC |
| | Co-Chair, Asian Economic Panel of Economists |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Arts, Yale University |
| 1999 | JD and Master of Arts in Political Science, Duke University |
| | Clerk, Chief Judge Edward R. Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
| | Staff Attorney, Center for Death Penalty Litigation |
| 2001 | Co-Founding Executive Director, The Fair Trial Initiative |
| 2004 | Director of Internet Organizing, Dean for America, Howard Dean's Presidential Campaign |
| 2005 | Non-resident Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School |
| 2005-2006 | Lecturer, University of Vermont |
| 2006 | National Director, Sunlight Foundation |
| 2014 | New York Gubernatorial Campaign |
| 2016 | Candidate, New York's 19th Congressional District |
| | Studied Political Sciences in Würzburg and Rome |
| 1980-1985 | Communcation functions in public service, Rome |
| 1985-1992 | Journalist for FORTUNE, Wirtschaftswoche, L'Independente, Italia Oggi, Il Giornale, Finanz und Wirtschaft, The European |
| since 1996 | Author and Scholar, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich |
| since 2000 | European School of Management and Technology, Berlin |
| 1992-2015 | Head of Group Communications, Allianz SE, Munich |
| since 2015 | Chairman of Methodos, S.p.A., Milan |
| | Executive coach and mentor, Entrepreneurship Center, Munich |
| since 2017 | Founder, Orvieto Academy for Communicative Leadership, Orvieto |
