She has been invited to workshops, lectures and reviews at various universities including at the Architectural Association (AA), the Bartlett, Zurich University of the Arts, School of the Art Institute Chicago, and Innsbruck University. Before taking on a position as Associate Professor in Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in 2012, she held the position of a Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design (Univ.Ass. postdoc) at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria from 2006 to 2010. She received the teaching prize for the Most Innovative Teaching Practice from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in 2014, and – also in 2014 – the Excellent Educator Award from Suzhou Industrial Park. Claudia Westermann has been the coordinator of the final year of the Bachelor programme since 2013, and was a core member of the committee ensuring RIBA international validation of XJTLU’s Bachelor in Architecture.