Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Since Nov 2022)
University of Postdam, Chair of International Relations (Prof. Dr. Andrea Liese)
Advanced Teaching Obligations: 2 Courses
Education
Ph.D. Political Science
Free University Berlin, 2016-2021 (summa cum laude)
Thesis Advisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse, Galia Press-Barnathan, Ph.D.
M.A. International Relations
Free University Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, University of Potsdam, 2013-2016 (summa cum laude, 1.2)
B.A. Political Science
Chemnitz University of Technology, 2009-2012 (summa cum laude, 1.3)
Academic Positions
Post-Doc Researcher
University of Bamberg, Researcher (Chair of International Relations)
Project: Collective Agency of Horizontal Regulatory Organizations in Global Environmental and Financial Market Governance
PI: Prof. Dr. Thomas Gehring
Visiting Student Researcher
Stanford University, Fall-Spring Term 2019/2020
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Winter-Spring Term 2017/2018
Visiting M.A. Student
University of Oslo, Winter Term 2014
Visiting Research Fellow
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Autumn 2012
Professional Work Experience
Research Internship
UNU-CRIS - United Nations University-Institute on Comparative Regional, Integration Studies, Bruges, Mar-Jun 2016
Student Research Assistant
Kolleg-Forschergruppe (KFG) ‘The Transformative Power of Europe’, Free University Berlin, 2014-2016
Member Editorial Board
IReflect — Student Journal of International Relations (Student Peer Reviewed IR Journal, online and print), 2014-2016
Student Research Assistant
Collaborative Research Center / SFB 700 `Governance in Areas of Limited, Statehood: New Modes of Governance?', Free University Berlin, Nov 2013
Internship
Leibniz Science Association, Department of Communications, Berlin Headquarters, May-Jul 2013
Student Research Assistant
Chemnitz University of Technology , Chair of International Politics, 2010-2012
Teaching
Violence in International Relations | Winter 2022/23
University of Potsdam, Political Science Department, Graduate (English)
Empirical Research on International Organizations | Winter 2022/23
University of Potsdam, Political Science Department, Undergraduate (German)
NGOs, International Organizations, and Human Rights | Winter 2021/22
University of Bamberg, Political Science Department (German)
Empirical Research on International Organizations and Human Rights | Summer 2021
University of Bamberg, Political Science Department (German)
Human Rights Research in Political Science | April 2018
Free University Berlin, Law Faculty, Graduate (English)
Introduction to International Relations II | Summer 2011, 2012
Chemnitz University of Technology, Political Science Department, Undergraduate (German)
Introduction to International Relations I | Winter 2010
Chemnitz University of Technology, Political Science Department, Undergraduate (German)
Professional Activities
(PG—Paper Giver; D—Discussant; C—Chair, P—Participant)
Conferences
2022
ISA Annual Conference, Nashville, TN (PG, D, C)
2021
ISA Northeast Annual Conference, Virtual (PG, D)
German Political Science Association (DVPW) Congress, Virtual (PG, D)
ISA Annual Conference, Virtual (PG, D)
2020
ISA Northeast Annual Conference, Virtual (PG)
ECPR General Conference, Virtual (PG, D, C)
German Political Science Association (DVPW), Freiburg (PG)
2019
ECPR Joint Session, Mons (PG, D)
ISA Annual Conference 2019, Toronto (PG)
Triannual Conference German, Swiss, and Austrian Political Science Association, Zurich (PG, D, C)
2018
16th SCANCOR PhD Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Copenhagen (P)
German Political Science Association (DVPW) Workshop "Sociology in International Relations — Emerging Perspectives", Frankfurt/M (P)
German Political Science (DVPW) Congress, Franfurt/M (P)
13th IR Junior Researcher Conference International Politics 2018, Tutzingen (PG, C)
2017
13th International Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations, and Public Policy, Jerusalem (PG),
German Political Science Association (DVPW), Bremen (PG)
ECPR General Conference, Oslo (PG)
German Political Science Association (DVPW) International Workshop ‘Micro-moves in InternationalInstitutions’, Potsdam (PG, D)
2016
Triannual Conference German, Swiss, and Austrian Political Science Association, Heidelberg (P)
Service to the Community
Speaker IR Junior Researchers, German Political Science Association (DVPW), IR Section, 2018-2020
Speaker Ph.D. Candidates Class 2016-2019, Joint Doctoral Programme ‘Human Rights under Pressure’, Freie Universität Berlin, 2017-2019
Member Working Groups “Sociology in International Relations” and “Norm Research”, German Political Science Association (DVPW)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Scholarships
Visiting Research Fellowship 2019-2020, Direct Exchange Program, Stanford University
Mobility Grant 2019, Ernst-Reuter-Association, Free University Berlin
Ph.D. Scholarship 2016-2019, Joint Doctoral Program ‘Human Rights under Pressure’, Free University Berlin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mobility Grant 2017-2018, Joint Doctoral Program ‘Human Rights under Pressure’, Free University Berlin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mobility Grant 2016, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
E.ON Ruhrgas Mobility Grant 2014, Forskningsrådet (Research Council of Norway), Stifterverband fur die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Visiting Research Fellowship 2012, Free State of Saxony, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Study Scholarship 2012-2016, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Collective Grants
DVPW Perspektivtagung 2021
Awards
Ernst-Reuter Award 2022, Best Dissertation in the Social Sciences, Law, and Economics at Free University Berlin
M.A. Distinction (equivalent), Best of Class 2015/16 2016, M.A. International Relations, Free University Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin, University of Potsdam
B.A. First-class honours (equivalent) 2012, B.A. Political Science, Chemnitz University of Technology
Skill Set
Research Interests
International Organizations, International Institutions, Human Rights, Women’s Rights, International Relations and Organization Theory, International Parliamentary Institutions, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Primary Research Methods
Quantitative Data Analysis and Datasets, Qualitative Text Analysis, Discourse and Frame Analysis, Network Analysis
Teaching Experiences
International Organizations and Human Rights (BA-Level)
Seminar Series: International Human Rights (MA-Level)
Tutorial: Introduction to International Relations (BA-Level)
Technical Skills
Stata, LaTeX, Excel, Word, MaxQDA, Gephi, R
Citavi, EndNote
Languages
German (native), English (fluent), Dutch, Norwegian (good passive), French (basic)