| Nov. 2011 - June 2012 | Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Columbia University |
| since Oct. 2010 | Doctoral Researcher, International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), Cologne; office at the University of Cologne site, Chair of Comparative Politics (Prof. André Kaiser) |
| 2009–2010 | Graduate year abroad, Political Science Department, Duke University |
| 2008–2010 | MA, Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Sept. 2007–Jan. 2008 | Erasmus Program, Institut d’Études Politiques (IEP), Sciences Po Bordeaux |
| 2005–2008 | BA, Political and Administrative Science, University of Konstanz |