Research programme: Transformation of Political (Dis-)order
Function: Senior Researcher
Specialization: Political Science
Work areas:
Responsibilities in education and training:
since 1/2018 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) (until 6/2022 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)) Senior researcher, Research Programme "Transformation of political (dis-)order: Institutions, values & peace" |
since 1/2018 | German Advisory Council on Civilian Crisis Prevention and Peacebuilding Co-Chair |
3/2006-12/2017 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior Researcher, department "Governance, Statehood, Security" |
2002-2006 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Department III: "Global environmental policy; transformation and stabilisation; Region: South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia" Researcher |
2002 | Humboldt University, Berlin Dr. phil. (Political Science) Thesis on: ‘Pseudo-Democracy in Russia? The Case of Bashkortostan’ |
2000-2002 | Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Free-lance Political Analyst and Researcher Lecturer in Political Science at Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University Expert Analyst, EU/TACIS project ‘Capacity Development in Election Monitoring’ during Russian presidential elections |
1997-2002 | Federal Institute for Russian, East European and International Studies, Cologne Researcher Research project on ‘The role of economic and regional elites in the Russian political and economic transformation’, funded by Volkswagen Foundation |
1996 & 1999 | OSCE Election Monitoring Missions, Russia Short-Term Election Observer |
1995-1997 | Humboldt University, Berlin Research Assistant INTAS-funded research project on ‘The role of regional and municipal authorities in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus in promoting their local economies’ |
1994-1997 | Free University, Berlin Institute of East European Studies PhD programme in East European Studies |
1994 | Land Berlin, Department for European Affairs Assistant to the Officer for EU Enlargement Issues |
1993 | EU Election Monitoring Mission, Russia Long-Term Election Observer |
1992-1993 | University of Cambridge, UK Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in European Studies |
1989-1992 | University of Freiburg, Germany Undergraduate and Graduate Programme in Political Science, Modern History and Slavonic Studies |