CURRENT MISSION

Finish my dissertation.

ABOUT ME

I enjoy talking to people, sharing my thoughts and listening to others. I can be funny, I can be serious. I am a social scientist. I am married. I do smile a lot.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed and hosted a couple of times. All positive. See the page of my wife Kerstin Hoenig to read about my/our experiences before I created my own profile (in July 2012).

Interests

I like to learn new things. I like to talk about society, politics, culture, and social science research. I like to play and watch football (soccer for some of you). I like to drink good wine and beer from all over the world. I love my wife.

• culture
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• politics
• soccer
• science
• social science

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rather than single moments it is more the time I lived in the US (I studied two semesters at Indiana University Bloomington, IN) that left me awestruck over and over again about the differences between a country and culture that is supposed to be rather close to the culture of my home country but turns out to be very different every day. I had a great time there.