About

I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the Associate Professorship for International Politics and Conflict Studies, University of Erfurt. As part of the KNOWPRO project, I study knowledge production in German peace and security policy. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

In addition, I research feminist foreign policy; diplomacy and gender, race, and class; and everyday knowledge production in and on foreign policy more broadly. My research is situated at the intersection of feminist international relations, institutional ethnography, and international political sociology.

My main empirical focus is on Germany and the German Federal Foreign Office. I am one of the very few ethnographers to have done participant observation in the Ministry.

I have recently completed my PhD at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. In 2024, I was elected as an Associate of King’s College London.

I’m a member of the Center for Political Practices and Orders (C2PO) at the University of Erfurt and the GenDip network for research on gender and diplomacy.

I’m also a member of the Programme for Gender and International Politics at the Polis180 think tank for Foreign and European Policy. As part of my work and as an academic expert, I have provided expertise on feminist foreign policy and the Women, Peace and Security agenda to the German government.

I’m an experienced public speaker and teacher, offering talks, workshops, seminars, and lectures on my research topics. I have worked with both specialist and non-specialist audiences.

In addition to my PhD, I hold a first-class honours B.A. in International Relations from the University of Erfurt, Germany, and an M.A. in Conflict, Security and Development (Distinction) from King’s College London.

Prior to my PhD, I was Personal Advisor to the State Secretary of a German State Chancellery.

I’m currently based in Berlin.