Dr. Detlef holds the esteemed position of Head of Department for Asia/Eastern Europe at Kindernothilfe. He has been involved in Child and Youth Welfare on a part-time basis since 1997. Since 2015, serves as a Professor for International Social Work at the International University of Applied Sciences Liebenzell (IHL). He Specializes in South Asia, and has a keen interest in Pentecostal theology, particularly in the areas of healing and deliverance, as well as sociocultural dimensions of development.