I have worked as a Sector Economist and Project Manager with the German Development Bank KfW from 2008 to 2011. As a researcher I have regularly supported German and international development agencies in designing, implementing and evaluating aid interventions in conflict-affected states:

  • Support to the development of the project portfolio of an development agency in the Horn of Africa (2022)
  • Review of a multilateral peacebuilding and livelihood support program in the Darfur region of Sudan (2021)
  • Identification and assessment of programming options for a large-scale reconstruction project in Sudan (2021)
  • Contribution to survey-based impact assessment of a reconstruction program in Afghanistan (2021)
  • Support to design of monitoring framework of a conflict prevention project in Palestinian territories (2020)
  • Support to project design of a conflict prevention project in Afghanistan (2020)
  • Portfolio assessment and strategic note on development aid in conflict prevention (2019)
  • Support to a multi-country conflict analysis in Sahel countries (2019)
  • Support to strategic programme design in the areas of peace and security in the eastern DRC (2018)
  • Impact evaluation of a community development project in Mindanao, Philippines (2018)
  • Support to evaluation of German development cooperation in the area of peace and security (2018)
  • Final control of the German support to social and economic infrastructure construction in Yemen (2017)
  • Commissioned background report on security threats and peacebuilding in Africa (2017)
  • Support to the development of a project design of a large-scale reconstruction project in Iraq (2016/2017)
  • Peace and Conflict Assessment (PCA) for a rural development project in Somaliland (2015)
  • Project design for a regional scholarship scheme of the East African Community (2015)
  • Support to the development of Operational Guidelines for a reconstruction project in Syria (2013/2014)
  • Peace and Conflict Assessment (PCA) for a governance/decentralization project in Mali (2014)
  • Final control of the German contribution to a multilateral reconstruction project in South Sudan (2013)
  • Commissioned report on associations between climate change and violent conflict (2013)
  • Commissioned strategic note on German financial cooperation in fragile states (2012/2013)
  • Commissioned report on monitoring and evaluation of developments projects in fragile states (2012/2013)