Licenses & Certifications 

My professional training and certifications complement my academic work through continued engagement with research ethics, responsible research practice, scholarly communication, and professional development.

Thesis Defence Training · Bielefeld University 

September 2025

• Procedure, significance and function of a disputation

• Typical questions asked by the examination board

• Feedback on your own rhetorical performance

• Presentation training to demonstrate appropriate academic expertise

• Confident handling of critical to provocative questions 

Good Scientific Practice · Bielefeld University

May 2025

• Trainer: Andrea Kliewer

• Local, national and international rules and regulations of good scientific practice

• Ethical issues of research design: Are all research questions and methods permissible?

• Handling data (e.g., from surveys): Dos, don’ts, caveats

• Handling the work of others: Plagiarism

• Publishing and authorship: Predatory publishing, criteria of authorship

• Conflicts of interest in academic research

• Institutional handling of scientific misconduct

Social and Behavioral Research · CITI Program

October 2021

• Credential ID: 44664160 

• Stage: Basic Course

Responsible Conduct of Research · CITI Program

October 2021

• Credential ID: 44664163

• Stage: Basic Course

Conflicts of Interest · CITI Program

October 2021

• Credential ID: 44664161

• Stage: Basic Course

Information Privacy and Security · CITI Program

October 2021

• Credential ID: 44664162 

• Stage: Basic Course