PhD in Economic and Social Sciences, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, 2008
MA (Dipl.-Pol.) in Political Science and Latin American Studies, Hamburg University, 2002
Academic positions
10/2016 - ongoing: Aberystwyth University, UK: Reader in Peacebuilding, Post-War Reconstruction and Transitional Justice, Department of International Politics
01/2017 - 07/2017: Uppsala University, Sweden: Guest researcher, Hugo Valentin Center
06/2015: Potsdam University, Germany: Visiting fellow, Research Training Group “Wicked Problems, Contested Administrations: Knowledge, Coordination, Strategy” (WIPCAD)
04/2015: Uppsala University, Sweden: Visiting fellow, Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice
09/2014 - 02/2015: Visiting faculty fellow, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study (HWK), Bremen International Graduate School for the Social Sciences
(BIGSSS), Bremen University and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
10/2012 – 09/2016: Aberystwyth University, UK: Senior lecturer in Peacebuilding, Post-War Reconstruction and Transitional Justice, Department of International Politics
04/2012 – 09/2012: Bremen University, Germany: Temporary professor (Professurvertreterin) in „Internationale Beziehungen: Politik in der Weltgesellschaft“ [International
Relations: Politics in World Society], Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS)
01/2009 – 09/2012: Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany: Lecturer, Institute for International Politics
05/2010: Queen’s University, Kingston/Ontario, Canada: Short-term visiting fellow, Centre for International Relations (QCIR)
05/2008 – 10/2008: University of Nottingham, UK: Project Researcher
04/2003 – 12/2008 Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany: Doctoral researcher/teaching fellow, Institute for International Politics