since 2018 | Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Osnabrück
2018 - 2018 | Senior Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
2015 - 2017 | Temporary Professorship, University of Konstanz
2012 - 2015 | Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Since 2012 | Consultant in international development
2008 – 2011 | Sector Economist for peace and security, KfW Development Bank
2006 – 2008 | Fellow of the Postgraduate Research Program “Global Challenges”
2006 – 2009 | Ph.D. studies (Dr. rer. soc.), University of Tübingen
2004 – 2006 | Master of Arts, Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Tübingen
2000 – 2004 | Bachelor of Arts, Socioeconomics, Universities of Lüneburg/Berlin (HU)