Currently, He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Section for Vocational Teacher Education, School Development, and Educational Leadership in the Department of Teacher Education of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Before his current position, he was working as a Lecturer at the Department of Vocational Education and Training at Osnabrück University, Germany. His research focus lies in international and international comparative research in vocational education and training (VET).