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)