Curriculum Vitae

Education

2022
Habilitation Leipzig University
2009–2014
Doctorate in Social Sciences (Dr. disc.pol.)
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Göttingen University
2003–2008
Magister in Social Anthropology and Political Science, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Hamburg

Professional appointments

2009–2020
Lecturer and Pre-Doc/Post-Doc Researcher
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Göttingen University, Germany
2016–2017
Post-Doc Fellow
Anthropology Department, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
2010–2011
Part-time Lecturer
Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, Gulu University, Uganda

Field research experience and grants

Field Research for Post-Doc Project (August–October 2015). Uganda and Tanzania
Field Research for Post-Doc Project (Februar–April 2015). Kampala, Uganda
Field Research for Dissertation (March 2010–February 2011). Gulu, Northern Uganda
Exploratory Study (August–September 2009). Gulu and Kampala, Uganda
Field Research for Magister Thesis (July–September 2007). Pretoria, South Africa
Self-organized Student Research Project (February–May 2006). Niamey, Niger

Teaching experience

Guest Lecture/Intensive Course
Riga Stradins University (RSU) in Riga, Latvia
two weeks (October 2019)
2-week ERASMUS+Teaching Mobility
University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam
(July 2018)
Teaching Assignment
Washington University, St. Louis, USA
(Spring 2017)
Guest Lecture/ Intensive Course
University of Iringa, Tanzania
(one week October 2015)
Part-time lecturer
Institute of Peace and Strategic Studies, Gulu University, Uganda
(August 2010–January 2011)
Lecturer
Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Göttingen
(January 2009–October 2020)