Since October 2024
Professor of International Relations with a focus on development and peace research

10/2019 – 10/2024
Senior Researcher at the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) at the University of Duisburg‐Essen

10/2018 – 09/2019
Assistant Professor, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, University of Leiden

01/2018 – 09/2018
Visiting Professorial Fellow for International Administration
Conflict Management, Department of Political and Administrative Sciences,
University of Konstanz

09/2017 – 12/2017
Senior Research Fellow with teaching responsibilities, Department of Political Sciences, University of Mannheim
Chair Pr. Sabine Carey

01/2015 – 08/2017
Senior Research Fellow with teaching responsibilities,
Department of Political and Administrative Sciences, University of Konstanz,
Chair Pr. Nils Weidmann

12/2008 – 12/2014
Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of African Affairs

2009 – 2012
Doctorate at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

2006 – 2008
Master of Arts “Peace Research and International Politics” at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

2003 – 2006
Bachelor of Arts “History and Political Science” at the Ruhr University of Bochum