Main Focus
- Statehood in the digital age
- Critical and decolonial political economy
- Technology regulation and governance
Curriculum Vitae
since 2026
Head of the Research Group on Technology and Statehood, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne
2021-2026
Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Bergen
2019-2021
Interim Chair, Comparative Political Science, University of Kassel
2017-2018
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2013-2017
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bielefeld
2012-2013
Visiting postdoctoral researcher, SFB Transformations of the State/BIGSSS, University of Bremen
2009-2012
Doctoral student, Department of Social and Policy Science, University of Bath
2007–2008
MA, European Studies, University of Bath and Università degli Studi di Siena
2001–2007
Magister, Political Science, English Literature and Media Studies, TU Braunschweig (incl. Erasmus Exchange in Paris 2004)
Awards and honors
2022
Excellent Teacher Award (meritert underviser), Social Science Department, University of Bergen
2017-2018
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship, Center for European Studies, Harvard University
2012-2013
DAAD Scholarship for postdoctoral returnees from abroad
2009-2012
Research Excellence PhD Scholarship, University of Bath
2007-2008
DAAD Scholarship for Master studies in the UK and Italy
2003
Braunschweig citizen award for outstanding achievements in study and civic engagement