CV
Academic positions
2023 – 2024
European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Visiting fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre
2020 – present
Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Professor of International Relations
Leader of Leibniz Junior Research Group (German Institute for Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, Germany)
2019 – 2020
German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany
Senior Research Fellow
Leader of Leibniz Junior Research Group
2013 – 2019
University of Göttingen and German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany
Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of Global Governance and Comparative Regionalism
2015 – 2016
European University Insitute, Florence, Italy
Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 – 2013
Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Postdoctoral fellow on the project “Causes and Consequences of Multilevel Governance”, directed by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks
Education
2007 – 2012
St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK
Doctorate in International Relations (D.Phil.)
2005 – 2007
St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, UK
Master in Politics: European Politics and Society (M.Phil)
2001 – 2004
University of Osnabrück, Germany
Bachelor in European Studies (B.A.)
Awards and grants (selection)
2018 – 2023
Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Germany
Project grant for “The Authority of International Organizations and Institutional Overlap” (4.5 years, with Yoram Haftel, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel)
2018 – 2024
Leibniz Association – Leibniz Best Minds
Junior Research Group on “Sources and Consequences of Legitimation Strategies of Regional Organizations” (6 years)
2018
Teaching Award
Department of Social Sciences, University of Goettingen
2015 – 2018
Daimler-and-Benz Foundation
Project grant for “Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Regional Organizations” (3 years)
2011
University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
European Union Fellow, Colorado European Union Center of Excellence (CEUCE)
2010 – 2011
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Predoctoral fellow, Research College, The Transformative Power of Europe
2003 – 2010
Foundation of German Business (sdw)
Merit scholarship for undergrate, graduate and postgraduate studies
2005 – 2009
Economic and Social Research Council, UK
Student Quota Award (2+2)
2009
Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, UK
Abbey-Santander Award and Cyril Foster Award for D.Phil fieldwork in South America, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia
2004 – 2005
Carlo Schmid Programme [»]
Program funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German National Merit Foundation to support internships in international organizations
1997 – 1998
Parlamentarisches Patenschaftsprogramm [», »]
Exchange program sponsored by the German Bundestag and the US Congress