Compendium of joint design projects by Marcus Lepie with Michael Bilharz. From 1993 to 1999, Michael studied education and minors in sociology and economics at the University of Regensburg. After graduating, Michael Bilharz worked as a research assistant at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (2000-2002), the University of St. Gallen (2002-2004) and the Technical University of Munich (2004-2008). Michael Bilharz completed his doctoral studies at the University of St. Gallen (2002-2008) in the Economics and Ecology programme with summa cum laude. Since 2008, Bilharz has been working for the Federal Environment Agency (UBA), specialising in consumer activation and the promotion of sustainable consumption.