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