After having completed my studies of Business Informatics, MSc. (in 2008) I became scientific staff member and PhD candidate at the University of Rostock. The focus of my research activities for my PhD lies on the perceived benefit of knowledge management systems in small and medium enterprises. Besides research my tasks are lecturing in the field of computer supported knowledge management, as well as supervising several research seminar projects, bachelor as well as thesises. In addition I am currently working on the KOSMOS project to establish a context-oriented portal for students in lifelong learning activities of the University of Rostock.