Curriculum Vitae

Education

2010-2016
PhD in Social Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle/Saale

1994-2000
MA in Social Anthropology, African Studies and Anglistics, Universities of Heidelberg and Mainz

Professional Experiences

Since March 2018
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Research Group "How 'Terrorists' Learn"

2016-2017
Consultant for peace building and conflict transformation in Niger, Benin and Burkina Faso, German association for international cooperation (GIZ)/ Civil Peace Service program (ZFD)

2010-2016
Doctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Department "Integration and Conflict"

2004-2010
Expert for peace building and conflict transformation in Niger and Haiti, German Development Service (DED)/Civil Peace Service program (ZFD)

2001-2003
Scientific Intern, Leipzig museum of Ethnology, Grassimuseum, Africa Department

Prizes and Grants

2017
Martin Luther Urkunde of MLU Halle for excellent dissertation results

1998
DAAD grant for Hausa in Nigeria

Fieldwork

2017
Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin, 1 month

2010 -2012
Niger, 15 months

Languages

German
English
French
Hausa
Fulfulde
Haitian Creole