I studied theology and chemistry at Tübingen University (Germany) where I received my PhD in 2004 with a specialization on social and political ethics.
2001-2004 I worked as academic coordinator of the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW).

I joined Utrecht University in 2004 where I am Associate Professor of Ethics at the deaprtment of Philosophy and Religious Studies.

In 2008-2009 I was research fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies NIAS.

From 2009 until 2016 I was director of the Research Institute for Theology and Religious Studies (INTEGON) and the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies (OFR).
Since September 2022 I am again the director of the Research Institute for Philosophy and Religious Studies (OFR). 

September 2019 - August 2020 I held a EU-COFUND-Fellowship at the Max-Weber-Kolleg for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies in Erfurt.