Curriculum Vitae
Education
Since June 2016
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology - Halle
PhD candidate in the research group ‘Integration and Conflict along the Upper Guinea Coast’
October 2014 – Mai 2016
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Master “Research Training Program” in social sciences
September 2012 - September 2014
Sciences Po Paris
Paris School of International Affairs - Master in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action
September 2011 - September 2012
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Erasmus program in cultural studies
September 2009 - September 2011
Sciences Po Paris
Bachelor in political science
Fieldwork
April 2017-April 2018: 12 months of fieldwork in Dakar, Senegal, in Nouakchott, Mauritania and in Banjul in the Gambia for my doctoral project.
July 2015: 4 weeks of fieldwork in Dakar, Senegal, for my master’s thesis: ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ in practice: UNHCR guidelines perceived by local implementing partners and urban refugees in Dakar, Senegal.
Distinctions, awards
June 2015
PROMOS Scholarship funded by the DAAD, awarded by the Humbolt Universität
Awarded a scholarship to conduct fieldwork in Dakar in July 2015 for my Master's thesis
June 2009
BAC L Mention Très Bien at the Lycée Français de Berlin
High School graduation with high honours
Presentations and Publications
September 2018
Co-organizer with Prof. Behrends of the Panel "Das Kategorisieren von „Flüchtlingen“ in afrikanischen Fluchtsituationen oder: was geschieht, wenn eine Fluchtsituation endet?" at the 2nd Conference of the Netzwerk Fluchtforschung in Eichstätt (Germany)
July 2018
Presentation “Between durable solutions: Queer West Africans on the move in Dakar”, IASFM Thessaloniki (Greece)
July 2018
Presentation “Circuler à Dakar quand on est réfugié, le cas de jeunes gambiens persécutés pour leur orientation sexuelle, REAF-JCEA, Marseille (France)
May 2018
Presentation “Légitimer l'asile loin des caméras”, Séminaire Sud Université de Genève (Switzerland)
April 2018
Co-organizer with Prof. Knörr of the international conference: “Those who stay: How out-migration affects West African societies”. Halle/Saale (Germany)
January/March 2018
Co-organizer of a workshop for doctoral researchers with MOVIDA (IRD Dakar, Senegal)
2017
collective e-book published by the Berlin Institute of Migration and Integration Research (BIM): Witnessing the transition: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in transnational perspective.
Title of the article: It’s a war against our own body. Long-term refugee women’s strategies of adaptation to the withdrawal of relief organisations in Dakar, Senegal.
October 2016
Organisation of a panel at the first conference of the Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung in Osnabrück. Name of the panel: Langzeitgeflüchtete In Afrika: Für immer auf der Flucht?
Title of presentation: „Ich versuche autonomy zu werden“ – Das Leben nach UNHCR Hilfe für Geflüchtete in Dakar, Senegal
September 2016
Presentation at an international workshop organised by the Berlin Institute of Migration and Integration Research (BIM) titled: Migrants, Refugees and Global Justice: Comparative Perspectives in Societies of Migration
Title of the presentation: “It’s a war against our own body”. Long-term refugee women’s strategies of adaptation to the withdrawal of relief organisations in Dakar, Senegal.
July 2016
Presentation at the annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM)
Title: ‘Survival sex’ as livelihood and crime: adapting to (dis)connected durable solutions
July 2016
Presentation at the Urban Studies Seminar of the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
Title: Do urban settings enhance ‘refugees’ livelihood’ and ‘local integration’? The case of urban refugees in Dakar
September 2015
Presentation at the Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)'s open house day
Titel: Geschlechtergleichstellung für Geflüchtete? Eindrücke aus meiner Feldforschung in Dakar
Professional experience, internships, and extra-curricular engagement
April 2018 - present
Asylos - Research for asylum
Coordinator of the "Africa team" producing Country of Origin Information (COI) reports
January 2015 – May 2016
Institute for African Studies of the Humboldt University (IAAW) & Centre for Modern Oriental Studies (ZMO) - Berlin
Research assistant
September 2014 – February 2016
Polis180 - Berlin based ‘grassroot’ think tank
Member of the reflection group on Migration
June 2014 – Present
Asylos – Research for asylum
Researcher of Country of Origin Information (COI) for the African regional team
July - November 2013
UNHCR Guinea - Conakry
Intern at the Protection Section
March - July 2012
Centre Marc Bloch, French-German research institute - Berlin
Internship, then hired as research assistant
January – March 2012
NGO „Citizens for Europe“ - Berlin
October 2011- July 2012
Amnesty International, Freie Universität Gruppe - Berlin
Active member
Language proficiency
French – mother tongue
German – fluent
English – fluent
Wolof - conversational