04/2006 - 04/2014	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Magistra Artium (master’s degree) in Cultural Anthropology (subsidiary subjects: Business Studies, Eastern European History) Thesis: Controlling ethical behavior in the resource extracting industry. Whose ethics? Whose control? Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bierschenk, Department of Anthropology and African Studies, Mainz University
Education & training
10/2007 - 04/2013	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany Diploma (master’s degree) in Economics Final Thesis: What is ethnic diversity and does it matter for economic prosperity? Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Philipp Harms, Chair of International Economics, Mainz University
08/2003 - 10/2005	BHF-BANK Frankfurt, Germany Apprenticeship as a qualified bank clerk
Academic positions and research stays
10/2015 - present	Institute of Development and Agricultural Economics, Leibniz Universität Hannover Doctoral researcher
04/2015 - present	Leibniz Universität Hannover, Research Training Group 1723 "Globalization and Development" Doctoral researcher
05/2013 - 09/2014	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Chair of Public Economics, Prof. Dr. Daniel Schunk Research and teaching assistant at the Chair of Public Economics Main projects: "Reactivating the long-term unemployed more effectively: Evidence from a randomized controlled field study.”; Demographic study for the city of Germersheim with special consideration of migration backgrounds
10/2013 - 11/2013	Reach Out Cameroon, Buea, Cameroon Visiting researcher and volunteer Feasibility study: Applying MCII interventions in a prison context
06/2012 - 04/2013	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Chair of Public Economics, Prof. Dr. Daniel Schunk Student research assistant in the research project: "Reactivating the long-term unemployed more effectively: Evidence from a randomized controlled field study”
09/2012	Kyrgyz National Agrarian University/Naryn State University Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Summerschool: “Nomads, collective farms and modern agrarian economics - Utilization of resources in Kyrgysztan”, GoEast Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service
08/2012	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicargaua, León, Nicaragua Spanish course, B2 level (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), Promos Scholarship
08/2011 - 10/2011	Intagtour San Antonio, Imbabura, Ecuador Anthropological Fieldwork: Perception of the Ecuadorian Forest Conservation Program „Socio Bosque“ at the Family Level, Promos Scholarship
09/2010 - 05/2011	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain Exchange Student in Economics, Erasmus Program
11/2008 - 04/2009	Papua New Guinea Climate Change Foundation Inc., Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea Anthropological Fieldwork: Motivation, Conflict and Monitoring of the “Wopkona Rainforest” Protection Program, Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service
Teaching experience
Winter term 2013/2014	Seminar on Property Rights and Management of Common Pool Resources (Bachelor Students)
Summer term 2013	Seminar on Public Economic Theory (Master Students) Seminar on Empirical Evaluation of Labor Market Programs (Master Students) Tutorial on Skills & Tools (academic writing and research skills; Bachelor Students)