CV
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher, Associate 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
PhD-related
German Academic Scholarship Association, doctoral scholarship, 2020-24 (93,500 Euro).
German Academic Scholarship Association, travel grants, 2021, 2022, and 2023 (1,000 Euro).
Department of War Studies, King’s College London, DWS Small Grant, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 (2,015 Euro).
Centre for Doctoral Studies, King’s College London, conference grant, 2023 and 2024 (700 Euro).
Faculty for Social Sciences and Public Policy, King’s College London, SSPP research grant, 2024 (585 Euro).
International Studies Association, travel grant, 2024 (650 Euro).
British International Studies Association, BISA bursary, 2024 (180 Euro plus conference fee waived).
Pre-PhD
Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany scholarship, 2015-17 (5,400 Euro).
University of Erfurt, Erasmus+ mobility grant, 2016-17 (888 Euro).
German Academic Scholarship Association, scholarship for BA degree, 2017-18 (3,300 Euro).
German Academic Scholarship Association, scholarship for MA degree, 2018-19 (4,200 Euro).
German Academic Scholarship Association, study abroad scholarship, 2018-19 (14,400 Euro).
German Academic Scholarship Association, scholarship for pilot study and PhD proposal writing, 2019-20 (7,400 Euro).
Service to the Profession
Graduate Student Representative, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section, International Studies Association, 03/2022 — 12/2022.
Deputy Features Editor (11/2021 — 09/2023) and Associate Features Editor (12/2018 — 11/2021), 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, 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)