Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Lecturer:
2016 until present, Political Science with a focus on Political Theory, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg
Associate:
2018 until present, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra
Associate Editor
2021 until present, Journal of Democratic Theory
Lecturer:
Summer term 2018, Political Theory, University of Hamburg
2015-2016, Political Theory, Institute of Political Science, University of Heidelberg
2014-2017, Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Heidelberg
Guest Lecturer:
02/2021 & 04-07/2021, Department for Philosophy and Religious Studies, African Women's Studies Centre, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Deliberative Democracy Summer School Feb. 2020, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra, Australia
12/2018, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Visiting Researcher:
February-March 2022: Department of Philosophy, University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania); Interdisciplinary Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Technical University of Kenya (Nairobi, Kenya)
February 2020: Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governace, University of Canberra, Australia
April 2019: Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster, UK
July-August 2018: Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra, Australia
Associate Editor
since 2021: Associate Editor Democratic Theory (Berghahn Journals)
Education
PhD Thesis, Political Science • 2016 • University of Heidelberg, Germany
Thesis: „Prozeduren, Rechte, Demokratie – das legitimatorische Potential von Verfahren für politische Systeme.“ [“The Normative Legitimacy of Democracies. On the Limits of Proceduralism.”]
PhD awarded with highest honours (summa cum laude); advisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Haus, PD Dr. Ulrich Thiele
Master of Arts, Philosophy and Political Science • 2012 • University of Heidelberg, Germany
Thesis: On the debate concerning the ontological status of qualitative mental states between Frank Jackson and David Lewis; Master’s degree awarded with honours
National University of Ireland, Galway • 2010
University of Wuppertal, Certificate in Ancient Greek • 2006
Memberships:
German Political Science Association (DVPW)
American Political Science Association
Political Studies Association (UK)
Expert Group for Participatory and Deliberative Democracy (PSA)
Arbeitskreis Hochschullehre (DVPW [Expert Group for Teaching in Political Science])
Sektion für Politische Theorie (DVPW [Expert Group for Political Theory])
DemocracyNet
Honorary Positions:
Co-Convenor, Participatory & Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group (Political Studies Association)
Postdoctoral Spokesperson, Hamburg Research Academy (HRA)
Junior Scientific Advisory Board, Verlag Barbara Budrich
Representative in the faculty’s committee for study regulations, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Democratic Theory
Scholarships:
2008-2012: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes / German Academic Scholarship Foundation