| Sept. 2012-present | 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 |
| Feb.-Apr. 2012 | Visiting Researcher, División Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, and fieldwork in Mexico |
| Jan. 2011-Aug. 2012 | Researcher, Chair for Sociology / Organization, Migration, Participation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
| Nov.-Dec. 2010 | Fieldwork on the South African automotive industry |
| 2004-2010 | MA, Social Science, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) |