Curriculum Vitae

Academic Education

since Oct 2011
Ph.D candidate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Social Anthropology, Research Group: “Traders, Markets and the State in Vietnam”

Oct 2004 - Dec 2010
student of Social Anthropology at Heidelberg University; 1st minor subject: Economics, 2nd minor subject: Political Science of South Asia
Master Thesis: “Rethinking Participation: socio-economic dimensions of an environmental development project in the Philippines”

Fieldwork Experience

July 2012 - Nov 2013
16 months fieldwork in Hanoi, Vietnam, about mobile street vendors and the informal economy (funded by Max Planck Society)

Oct 2008 - Dec 2008
3-months fieldwork in Negros Occidental, Philippines; evaluation of a marine protected area project for GTZ (ASA-scholarship)

Feb 2007 - Apr 2007
2-months fieldwork trip to Bohol, Philippines with Prof. Dr. Bettina Beer; research topic: traditional fishing in the Philippines (DAAD scholarship)

Teaching Experience

Dec 2010
“Participatory Development in the Philippines”; South Asia Institute, Heidelberg & Institute for Social Anthropology, Luzern

June 2010
“Introduction to International Development Cooperation”; Workshop at the ASA Seminar Berlin

Apr 2010
“Fieldwork Methods and Techniques”; Workshop at the ASA Seminar Fulda

July 2007
“Ocean Protection in the Philippines”; Student Symposium of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Zürich

Oct 2007 - Feb 2008
teaching assistant for the lecture “Introduction to Social Anthropology”; Institute for Social Anthropology, Heidelberg University

Apr 2007 - July 2007
teaching assistant for the lecture “Anthropology of Kinship”; Institute for Social Anthropology, Heidelberg University

Oct 2006 - Feb 2007
teaching assistant for the lecture “Economic and Political Anthropology”; Institute for Social Anthropology, Heidelberg University

Languages

German (mother tongue)
English (fluently)
French (advanced)
Nepali (basics)
Visaya (basics)
Vietnamese (basic)