| 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 |
| Oct. 2010-Oct. 2011 | Doctoral Researcher in the project "Social Conditions and Consequences of Flexible Labor," Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| Oct. 2009-Oct. 2010 | Doctoral Researcher, IMPRS-SPCE, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne |
| 2005-2009 | Diplom (MA equivalent), Sociology, Frankfurt University, Frankfurt am Main |
| 2004-2005 | Erasmus Fellow, Universidad de Valencia |
| 2002-2004 | Vordiplom (intermediate examination), Sociology, Technische Universität Darmstadt |