• Since Oct. 2017: Chair of International Relations (W-3), Institute of Social Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
• 2016-2017:   Acting Chair of International Relations (W-3), Institute of Social Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Lehrstuhlvertretung).
• 2015-2016:   Visiting Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, UK.
• 2014-2015:   Acting Chair of Global Governance and Public Policy (W-3), Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtiy Munich (Lehrstuhlvertretung).
• 2010-2015:   Habilitation in Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
• 2010-2016:   Assistant Professor, non-tenure track (Wissenschaftlicher Assistant, Akademischer Rat a.Z. (A13)) at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
• 2005-2010:   Dr. phil. (PhD equivalent) in Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
• 2008-2009:   Research and Teaching Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Department of Political Science, Technical University Munich.
• 2007-2008:   Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben) at the Chair for International Relations, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
• 2007-2008:   Online Tutor (Lehrbeauftragter) in the International Relations Masters Online Program, Free University Berlin.
• 2005-2007:   Teaching Fellow and Research Assistant (Lehrbeauftragter und Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft) at the Chair of International Politics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. 
• 2003-2004:   M.Sc. in International Relations, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
• 1998-2002:   B.A. (Honours) in Political Science and Spanish, School of European Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, one year at the University of Granada, Spain.

Publications

•  Die Corona-Pandemie – Konflikt und Frieden in einer veränderten Welt, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Forum, Vol. 9, No. 2, (2020), 305-441 [mit H. Hummel und S. Richter]. https://link.springer.com/journal/42597/volumes-and-issues/9-2
• Internal Displacement and the Framing of InsURGENCY: A Predicate Analysis of Media Reporting on Boko Haram in Nigeria. Alternatives. https://doi.org/10.1177_03043754251330395 
• Heroes welcome: An exceptional story of ‘good’ refugees in the German tabloid discourse, in: Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Vol. 14, No. 3 (2019), 220-239 [mit Tim Heinkelmann-Wild & Daniel Beck]

• Critical security studies
• Discourse analysis
• Constructivism
• Foreign policy
• Non-state actors
• Terrorism