Peter Huppertz graduated from the University of Applied Science, Mittweida with a Diploma in Media Technology (2003). Working at the University of Education in Freiburg he took part in the post graduate course Educational Media provided by the University Duisburg-Essen and finished with a Master of Arts in Educational Media.
Prior to joining the ICAR Peter was working as a Research Assistant at the University of Education in Freiburg.  There he conducted training courses on creating and using media in educational scenarios, developed software environments to support learning and worked on a research project involving the use of interactive video for teacher trainings. During his studies Peter worked for several IT companies, advertising agencies and movie post production companies.
At the ICAR Peter is responsible for designing and developing e-learning solutions to enhance ICAR’s asset recovery training and assistance programs. He works in close cooperation with training experts and governance advisors to meet the learning needs and challenges for a variety of audiences ranging from developing country law enforcement officials to corporate compliance departments and knowledge management authorities.  Peter has also been developing the user interface for the website of the ICAR’s Knowledge Centre on Asset Recovery as well as e-learning modules for the asset recovery training and assistance programs. Furthermore he created the necessary infrastructure required to operate and manage the institute’s websites. More recently, Peter has also been responsible for developing the Asset Recovery Experts Network, a web-based social network for participants of the ICAR’s trainings.