“Judicial Diplomacy in African REC Courts: The case of the East African Court of Justice.” African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK) Conference, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK, 08/2024
2023
“Off-bench activities as empowerment tools: Towards judicial power in Africa’s sub-regional courts.” Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 06/2023
“Judicial agency, Court Allies and Judicial Empowerment in Africa’s sub-regional courts.” ECPR Joint Session Workshop “Judicial Resilience and Democratic Decay,” Sciences Po, Toulouse, France, 04/2023
“Regional integration and informalities in international judicial appointments to sub-regional courts in Africa.” 64th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention, Montréal, Canada, 03/2023
“Of judicial diplomacy: Unpacking judicial power in Africa’s sub-regional courts.” First Joint Global Politics of Law & Courts Workshop, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 10/2022
“It is not only a matter of reading the Treaty but measuring whatever you do”: Unpacking judicial power in Africa’s sub-regional courts.” International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC09, Georgetown University, U.S.A., 08/2022
“Informality and Multi-level Appointment Processes in Regional Courts.” Workshop on “Informality and Judicial Institutions: Comparative Perspectives,” Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati, Spain, 07/2022
“Of paperless hybrid courts: Embracing the administration of justice through ICT in the East African Court of Justice.” Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (VAD), Freiburg, Germany, 06/2022
A. Public Outreach
Expert Analyst, "Elections as Tools of Authoritarian Governance: Uganda’s 2026 Polls in Regional and EU Perspective," Hanns Seidel Foundation (Brussels Office) Talk, January 29, 2026
Workshop Facilitator, “Current trends in regional (dis)integration in Africa,” Model African Union, University of Bayreuth, 04/2025
Workshop Coach, “Seminar on Economy and Trade in Tanzania,” Tanzania-Network, Berlin, 10/2022
Graduate Student Project Presentation, Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth (visit of Federal State Minister of Cultural Affairs and Members of Parliament), 07/2022
Invited Guest Speaker, East African Court of Justice Symposium, Bujumbura, Burundi, 11/2021
Invited Guest Academic, East Africa Law Society, Trial Advocacy for Regional Courts, Kampala, Uganda 10/2021
B. Academic Engagement
Academic Mentor and Adviser, Master’s theses, University of Bayreuth, Germany (since 07/2022)
PhD Student Representative and Spokesperson to the Academic Committee, “Africa Multiple” Cluster of Excellence, University of Bayreuth (01/2020–12/2021)
Organiser, Workshop on Regional Integration, University of Bayreuth (since 02/2020)
Active member of academic associations: German Political Science Association (DVPW); African Studies Association in Germany (VAD); International Society of Public Law (ICON-S); International Political Science Association (IPSA); International Studies Association (ISA); European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) (since 02/2020)