Curriculum Vitae
Education
2012-2016
Ph.D. (Human Rights Centre and Department of Sociology), University of Essex
2011-2012
Semester abroad at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, University of Lund
2010-2012
LL.M. in International Laws and Honours Research Track (Faculty of Law), University of Maastricht
2007-2010
B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences (University College Maastricht), University of Maastricht
2008-2009
Year abroad and Certificat d’Études Politiques at the Institut d’Études Politiques Toulouse
Professional Activities
04/2018-05/2021
Research Fellow funded by Thyssen Foundation at Law & Anthropology Department, MPI for Social Anthropology
10/2017-04/2018
Researcher in the Programme "Culture and Foreign Affairs" at the Institute for Cultural Relations (ifa)
04/2014-04/2015
Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Judicial Studies and Social Research in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
02/2012-05/2012
Intern in the Programme Good Governance and Democratic Participation, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Lima, Peru
03/2010-07/2010
Intern in the Human Rights Department, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin
06/2009-07/2009
Intern in the COI Department and Law Office of the NGO exilio e.V. support of refugees and torture victims
02/2009-05/2009
Research assistance with Avocats Sans Frontières France
07/2008-08/2008
Intern with MPI for the Study of Societies
Teaching
09/2019-07/2020
Alfred Grosser Chair Sciences Po (Paris & Nancy)
Spring term 2019
Visiting Professor in "Principles of Constitutional Law" at the University of Torino
09/2012-03/2014 and 09/2016-02/2018
Teacher and course coordinator in "Education and Participation Programme" for Socially Disadvantaged Youth and Refugees
10/2015-06/2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Government and Sociology Departments, responsible for seminars "Crime, Law and Society", "The European Union: Institutions and Policies", "Democracy: Forms and Futures" and "Scientific Reasoning for the Social Sciences"
06/2014-06/2016
Thesis Supervision for degree dissertations in sociology, UAGRM Santa Cruz, Bolivia
04/2014-04/2015
Course coordinator at Goethe Institute, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, responsible for language teaching, conceptualizing and standardization of examinations, contributions to institutional accreditation audit process
Grants/Scholarships
04/2018-05/2021
Postdoctoral Project funding by Thyssen Foundation
10/2017-04/2018
Research grant funded by the Institute for Cultural Relations
02/2015
PhD fieldwork grant by Sociology Department Essex
02/2014
PhD travel grant by Essex Human Rights Centre
02/2007-09/2012
EU grant for B.A. and LL.M. studies, funded by Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
09/2011-01/2012
Post graduate study abroad grant, funded by Law Faculty Maastricht
09/2008-01/2009
Erasmus grant
Membership of professional associations/Conference presentations
Invitations to speak at conferences, convening or chairing panels through membership of the following networks or conferences:
Human Rights Researchers’ Network/Human Rights Consortium
Doctoral Research Triangle of Human Rights Centres at Essex, Cambridge and LSE
Law and Society Association (LSA)
Collaborative Research Network International Law and Politics
Socio-Legal Studies Association UK (SLSA)
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Oxford (CSLS)
Institute for Global Law and Policy conference, Harvard
German-speaking Sociology of Law Associations
Institute for Latin American Studies (LAI), desiguALdades and TrAndeS, FU Berlin
Multidisciplinary Network on Indigenous Peoples (EMPI)
Essex Transitional Justice Network
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (ICA)
Working group Andean States as part of ADLAF
Human Rights under Presssure - Ethics, Law, and Politics (HR-UP)
Integrative Research Institute Law & Society
Nürnberger Menschenrechtszentrum
Vereinigung für Recht und Gesellschaft
Languages
German, English: mother tongue (or near mother tongue)
French, Spanish: fluent (C1-C2 CEFR)
Dutch, Swedish, Russian: basic (A2-B1 CEFR)