EDUCATION
2013 – present
PhD in Dept. I 'Communism and Society', Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)
- ZZF-Scholarship (01.2017 – 06.2017)
2012 – present
PhD at Department of History, University of Potsdam
- Working title: GDR Ministry of State Security, the Cold War and the Global South
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Thomas Brechenmacher and Dr. Jens Gieseke
- Scholarship by Konrad Adenauer Foundation
2005 - 2012
MA in History and Literature, University of Potsdam
Thesis: The GDR’s Ministery of State Security in Nicaragua (1979– 1989)
2003
Highschool diploma (Abitur), Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Beckum
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2016
Research for PhD in Zanzibar Town, Tanzania
2015
Research for PhD in Maputo, Mozambique
2011
Research assistant at the German Embassy and the DAAD in Managua, Nicaragua
2011
Research for MA in Managua, Nicaragua in archives, interviews with experts and eyewitnesses
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012
Internship at German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)
2011 – present
Project management and public relations of the art-memorial STOLPERSTEINE
2009 - 2011
Research assistant for Uta Franke, coordinator of the STOLPERSTEINE project
2008
Internship at the Goethe Institute in La Paz, Bolivia
2003 - 2004
Volunteer social work in Nicolas Flores, Mexico
