| 2006-2007 | Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg |
| since 2006 | Research Fellow, MPI for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2004-2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2004 | Doctorate in political science, University of Bremen |
| 2001-2004 | PhD student, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 1994-2000 | Studied political science, economy, international relations and conflict research at Phillips Universität Marburg and the University of Kent at Canterbury; MA (1998) and Diplom |