| since 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 |
| 2008-2011 | MA, Economic and Organizational Sociology and International Political Economy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| 2003-2008 | Diplom, Social Science and Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen |