CV

Education

Since 09/2024

King's College London
Department of War Studies

War Studies, M.A.

List of courses:

  • Theory and Practice of War
  • History of War
  • Contemporary War and Warfare
  • Strategic Thought

08/2023 – 08/2024

Sciences Po Paris
Paris School of International Affairs

International Security, M.A.

Concentration: Methods

List of courses:

  • Strategic Lessons from the Russian War in Ukraine
  • The Use of Military Force
  • The Ethics of War
  • Theories of International Security
  • Game Theory and Conflict
  • Limits of Political Analysis
  • Research Workshop
  • Qualitative Methodology
  • Data Science with R
  • Social Network Analysis: Methods and Research Design
  • State, Organized Crime and the Mafia: Interactions and Conflicts

09/2019 – 07/2023

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

International Relations, B.A.

Final Grade: 1.2

List of relevant courses:

  • Theories of International Relations 
  • Current Issues in International Relations
  • International Affairs 
  • Analysis of Political Crises 
  • Foreign Policy Analysis 
  • Policy Advice 
  • Peace Studies 
  • Security Policy 
  • International Organisations 
  • History of Political Thought 
  • Statistics 
  • Domestic Policy 
  • Comparative Politics 
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
  • European Integration 
  • European Union Law 
  • Public Choice Theory 
  • Regional Integration 
  • International Economics 
  • Public International Law 
  • Sociocultural Factors in IR 
  • Development Policy 
  • Human Rights
  • Behavioural Decision-Making

09/2017 – 08/2019

Leibniz University Hannover
Faculty of Law

Law

Professional Experience

Since 02/2020

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Jakob Lempp

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Research
  • Editorial work
  • Support in qualitative and quantitative research
  • Visualisation of data
  • Translation
  • Preparation and administration of lectures
  • Organisation of excursions 

06/2024 – 08/2024

German Federal Armed Forces
German Army Command

Strategic Objectives Unit

Intern

09/2022 – 08/2023

Munich Security Conference
Chairman's Office

Working Student

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Research
  • Drafting correspondence for the chairman
  • Arranging, organising, preparing, and accompanying meetings
  • Preparing the schedule, speaking slots and meetings for the chairman during the Munich Security Conference 2023 and other high-level events
  • Organisational and administrative tasks

05/2022 – 07/2022

German Federal Ministry of Defence
Policy Division

Unit for Security Policy and Bilateral Relations with Europe, the Americas and Oceania 

Intern

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Research on fundamental matters of security policy relevant to German security and defence policy interests
  • Evaluation, analysis, and presentation of current security developments and initial assessments of their implications for German security and defence policy
  • Preparation of briefing documents for the political management level of the ministry
  • Preparing and accompanying various meetings up to division leadership level
  • Preparing memos
  • Supporting and accompanying the German-Canadian staff talks in the ministry
  • Independent handling of correspondence
  • Preparing documents for the German Bundestag's committee of enquiry on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

03/2022 – 04/2022

German Federal Foreign Office
Division for International Order, United Nations and Arms Control

Unit for Conventional Disarmament, Preventive Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures

 Intern

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Preparation of international negotiations on on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) within the framework of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) 
  • Research and preparation of briefing documents for the division leadership, e.g. on the battlefield of the future
  • Participation in meetings with external interlocutors and preparation of memos
  • Drafting and coordinating a directive on an international research project focusing on the responsible development of artificial intelligence for a meeting of the EU Council Working Group on Non-Proliferation and Arms Exports (CONOP) 
  • Participation in meetings within the ministry and with external partners, e.g. on the status of negotiations on explosive weapons in populated areas (EWIPA)
  • Supporting the Unit for Nuclear Disarmament in the organisation of two events
  • Support in the supervision of projects funded by the Federal Foreign Office
  • Daily compilation of a press review on "Disarmament and Non-Proliferation"

04/2021 – 02/2022

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

Student Research Assistant to Dr. Katharina McLarren

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Research
  • Preparation and administration of lectures

Teaching Experience

11/2022

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

Substitute Lecturer

Lecture on “Theories & Principles of IR” in module “International Institutions & Politics” for Gender & Diversity, B.A., 3rd semester

10/2022

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

Substitute Lecturer 

Lecture on “The State in Theory and Practice” in module “Domestic Policy” for International Relations, B.A., 1st semester 

09/2021 – 02/2022

Rhine-Waal University
Faculty of Society & Economics

Seminar Teacher 

Seminar in module “Domestic Policy” for International Relations, B.A., 1st semester 

Volunteering

02/2024

Munich Security Conference
Chairman's Office

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Preparing the schedule, speaking slots and meetings for the chairman during the Munich Security Conference 2024

12/2019 – 02/2022

General Students‘ Committee of Rhine-Waal University

Chairman

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Head of the students’ executive body
  • External and internal representative of 7,200 students from more than 120 countries
  • Team leader (18 employees, 30+ volunteers)
  • Communicating and negotiating with university, media, state and city officials

04/2020 – 02/2022


German Red Cross Kleve-Geldern

Coordinator of Student Volunteer Group 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Coordinating volunteers
  • Recruiting new volunteers

07/2020 – 10/2020

Rhine-Waal University
Working Group for Excellent Academic Practice

Student Representative

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Development of directives for exemplary academic practice and conduct

03/2020 – 10/2020

Corona Neighborhood Helpers Group Kleve

Co-Founder, Leader & Coordinator

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Recruited and coordinated network of more than 200 volunteers that supplied groceries, medicine, and other assistance to hundreds of local risk group patients

02/2020 – 05/2020

Rhine-Waal University
Senate Working Group for the Amendment of the University’s Basic Regulation

Student Representative

Tasks & Responsibilities:

  • Implementation of state law in university legislation

Memberships

Since 04/2024

British International Studies Association

War Studies Working Group

Since 01/2023

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.

German Council on Foreign Relations

Since 09/2022

Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft e.V.

German Atlantic Treaty Association

Since 02/2021

Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik e.V.

German Society for Security Policy

Awards & Scholarships

09/2024 – 09/2025


Scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

09/2021 – 03/2023


Germany Scholarship by the Federal Government of Germany

12/2021

Campus Cleve Social Award 2021 endowed by the Friends of Rhine-Waal University

  • Awarded for exceptional social engagement, endowed with 2,000 EUR