1992 – 1995: Psychology undergraduate studies; University of Bielefeld

1995 – 2000: Psychology graduate studies; Free University of Berlin; University of California, Irvine

1996 – 2000: Training as lecturer in adult education; Arbeit, Bildung und Forschung e.V., Berlin

08/2000 – 08/2001: Research fellow, University of Osnabrück, Work and Organizational Psychology

09/2001 – 06/2005: Research fellow and doctoral candidate, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

09/2003 – 01/2006: Doctoral studies; Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Department of Psychology

08/2006 – 03/2008: Postdoc, University of Oldenburg, Ecological Economics

07/2007 – 04/2012: Senior scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Climate Impacts & Vulnerabilities

08/2009 – 03/2014: Senior scientist, University of Oldenburg, Ecological Economics 

since 09/2009: Self-employed research and consulting, Dr. Grothmann – Research and Consulting / e-fect dialog evaluation consulting eG

since 06/2017: Senior scientist, University of Oldenburg, Ecological Economics 

04/2021 – 10/2021: Fellow at IÖW

Since 11/2021: Researcher at the IÖW