CV
Professional Experience
Incoming Co-Principal Investigator, research project on knowledge production in German peace and security policy (KNOWPRO), University of Erfurt, 04/2026 –
Postdoctoral Researcher, Professorship for International Politics and Conflict Studies, University of Erfurt, 04/2025 – present.
Member, Polis180 Think Tank for Foreign and European Policy, Programme for Gender and International Politics, 01/2021 — present.
PhD Researcher, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, 10/2020 – 02/2025.
Personal Advisor to the State Secretary for Media and European Affairs and Representative to the Federal State, Thuringian State Chancellery (fixed-term contract), 03/2020 — 09/2020.
Public Speaker and Lecturer (self-employed), 11/2019 — present.
Independent Researcher (PhD Pilot Study), King’s College London, 10/2019 — 02/2020.
Research Assistant, University of Erfurt, Chair for International Relations, 09/2015 — 07/2018.
Education
PhD War Studies, King‘s College London, UK, 2020-25.
Associateship of King’s College London, King’s College London, UK, 2020-24.
M.A. Conflict, Security and Development (Distinction), King’s College London, UK, 2018-19.
Erasmus semester, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, 2016-17.
First-class honours B.A. in International Relations and Social Sciences (minor), University of Erfurt, Germany, 2014-18.
Grants and scholarships
Post-doc funding
Project funding for continued research on knowledge production in German peace and security policy (KNOWPRO), Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, with Sophia Hoffmann, Klaus Schlichte, and Jude Kagoro, 2026–28 (€650,000).
PhD-related funding
Doctoral scholarship (full funding), German Academic Scholarship Association, 2020–24 (€93,500).
Travel grants, German Academic Scholarship Association, 2021–23 (€1,000).
Research and travel grants, Department of War Studies, King’s College London (DWS Small Grant), 2021–24 (€2,015).
Conference participation grants, Centre for Doctoral Studies, King’s College London, 2023–24 (€700).
Research grant, Faculty of Social Sciences and Public Policy, King’s College London, 2024 (€585).
Conference travel grant, International Studies Association, 2024 (€650).
Conference bursary, British International Studies Association, 2024 (€180; conference fee waived).
Pre-PhD funding
Scholarship for pilot study and PhD proposal development, German Academic Scholarship Association, 2019–20 (€7,400).
Study abroad scholarship, German Academic Scholarship Association, 2018–19 (€14,400).
Undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships, German Academic Scholarship Association, 2017–19 (€7,500).
Erasmus+ mobility grant, University of Erfurt, 2016–17 (€888).
Germany scholarship, Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, 2015–17 (€5,400).
Service to the Profession
Graduate Student Representative, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association, 03/2022 — 12/2022.
Deputy Features Editor (2021-23) and Associate Features Editor (2018-21), E-International Relations, 12/2018 — 09/2023.
Gender and LGBTQIA+ Working Group Leader and EDI Ambassador, Department of War Studies Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, King’s College London, 10/2021 — 09/2022.
Academic Member, Feminist Foreign Policy Collective, 04/2021 — 02/2022.
Co-Convenor, Transdisciplinary Conversations on (In)Security Forum, King’s College London, 01/2021 — 05/2022.
Peer Mentor and Mentor of PhD and MA students, 10/2020 – present.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Team Leader, Women in War and International Politics, 10/2020 — 06/2021.
Reviewer for: Palgrave Macmillan, Politics & Gender, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Critical Policy Analysis, Glocalism.
Memberships
British International Studies Association
European International Studies Association
International Studies Association
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (German section)