1978         Abitur
1981 - 1986  Study, "Marine Ecology", University of Rostock
1986 - 1988  Research study, University of Rostock  
1989 - 1990  Scientific employee, University of Rostock
1990 - 1998  College assistent in microeconomy and competition, 
             Structure of regional and environmental economics at the 
             Economic and Social Studies Department of the University of Rostock
1993 - 1998  Extracurricular activity as environmental expert and municipal advisor
1998         Dr. Jörg Köhn, Independent Office of Advice
2000 - 2004  MBA–Study at the Graduate School for Business and Administration,
             Zürichseee and State University of New York Albany
2001         Manager, Dr. Jörg Köhn Company of Innovation
2002 - 2004  Regional manager Westmecklenburg
2002 - 2005  MBA – Study at the Universität für Bodenkunde Wien und am  
             Europäischen Institut für Postgraduale Studien an der TU Dresden, 
             Abschluss als MBA 

• Diploma, Rostock, 1986: “Malacostraca der Ostsee: Bestimmungstabellen mit Angaben zur Ökologie und Verbreitung der Arten.” (Malacostracaen Crustacea of the Baltic Sea: Identification key, Ecology, and Distribution of the Species)
  
• Ph.D., Rostock, 1989: “Zur Ökologie sandiger Böden der Mecklenburger Bucht.” (The Ecology of Sandy Bottoms in the Western Baltic Sea)
  
• Diploma, ETH Zürich und Graduate School for Business and Administration Zürichsee, 2004: "Möglichkeiten der Rechtseinräumung im Urhebervertragsrecht”
  
• MBA, Universität für Bodenkunde Wien, 2005: „Unternehmens-, Finanzierungs- und Marke-tingkonzepte in regionalen Entwicklungsprozessen“

• Walter and André de Nottbeck Foundation, Finland, 1988, 1990-92
  
• DAAD, 1990, 1996
  
• German Marshall Funds of the US, 1997

• Carl-Duisberg-Gesellschaft e.V., International Training Programs
  
• Bremen, Ecological Economics
  
• Rensselear Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York, PhD – Programs, Ecological Economics, Regional Economics

• Economics of Space and Environment, University of Rostock
  
• Study of Political Economics, Wismar College
  
• Study of Political Economics, University of Rostock
  
• Academia Istropolitana Nova, Bratislava, Slovakia
  
• Summer School, Academy of Science in Bologna, Italien
  
• Summer School, Academia Istropolitana Nova, Bratislava, Slovakia