| since Oct. 2011 | Doctoral Researcher, International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| June 2009-Sept. 2011 | Doctoral Student in the project "The Fiscal Crisis of the State in Contemporary Capitalism," Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2005-2006 | Year abroad, School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Leeds |
| 2003-2009 | Studied Political Science, Business Administration, and Law, University of Bonn; MA |