2019 PhD in Political Science, University of Bamberg

2013 Diploma (MA equivalent) in Political Science, University of Bamberg

2009 – 2010 International Student in Political Science and Business, University of South Carolina, USA

10/2025 – now Post-Doctoral Researcher (tenured) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg 

08/2023 – 09/2025 Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Bonn

10/2022 – 03/2023 Interim Professor of Comparative Politics (W3) at University of Münster

06/2022 – 07/2023 Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Bamberg

03/2020 – 11/2022 Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Duisburg-Essen

01/2019 – 12/2021 Research Associate and Lecturer at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen

09/2014 – 12/2014 Research Associate at Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)

04/2014 – 02/2020 Research Associate at University of Bamberg

06/2025 Visiting Scholar at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

08/2024 Visiting Scholar at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

08/2024 Research Stay at the Institute for Political Research Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

04/2019 – 05/2019 Visiting Scholar at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan