Curriculum Vitae
Degrees
11/2005 Dr. phil., Freie Univerität Berlin, ""EU Readmission Policy and Its Implications on Non-Member States"; Supervisors: Prof. M. Zürn (Social Science Research Center Berlin), Prof. W. Streeck (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies)
07/2002 M.A., Political Science, Modern and Contemporary History, Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Potsdam and Free University Berlin
Education
2000 Visiting Research Collaborator, Princeton University/USA
1999-2002 University of Potsdam and Freie Universität Berlin
1998-1999 Università degli Studi di Siena/Italy
1996-1998 Georg-August-University Göttingen
1996-1998 Training as part-time church musician/C-exam
1994-1996 Apprenticeship, Gruner + Jahr AG & Co.KG, Hamburg
Professional Experience
Head of Research Planning and Research Coordination - Establishment of new research areas (1/2019-2/2022)
Head of Research Planning and Research Coordination, Center for Lifespan Psychology (11/2011-12/2018)
Program Manager, International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) (since 9/2006).
Head of Office of the Human Sciences Section, Max Planck Society, Munich (7/2010-10/2011)
Project Officer Justice and Home Affairs, Amnesty International EU Office, Brussels (8/2005-10/2005)
Editor of the website "Migration weltweit", Federal Agency for Civic Education (1/2005-5/2005)
Refugee counseling (voluntary), Caritas Therapy Center for Torture Victims, Cologne (3/2003-9/2003)
Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne (9/2002-8/2005)
Member of the editorial staff, "Jahrbuch Internationale Politik", German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin (2001-2005)
Project Coordinator, Migration Task Force, Council of Asia-Europe Cooperation (7/2001-9/2002)
Staff member, Office of the Independent Commission on Immigration, Federal Ministry of the Interior (3/2001-6/2001)
Research Associate, Exhibition "Do you remember, when", United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington D.C./USA (2/2000-4/2000)