Short CV

• since 09/2014: PhD Candidate, Berlin Graduate School for Transnational Studies
• 10/2011 – 07/2014: M.A., Political Science, University of Potsdam
• 05/2013 – 06/2013: Internship, Institute of Middle Eastern Studies (IMES), German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
• 04/2011 – 07/2011: Internship, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), EU External Relations
• 10/2008 – 03/2011: B.A., Governance and Public Policy, University of Potsdam

Main Fields of Interest

• Resilience of authoritarianism
• Civil society
• Euro-Mediterranean relations
• Middle Eastern Politics (Jordan, Gulf States)

KFG Research Project

The Club of Arab Monarchies – Ensuring the Survival of Authoritarian Rule through Diffusion and Regional Integration in the Gulf Cooperation Council