Vita

Career

  • Professor of Political Science (with a focus on education policy and political socialization), Faculty of Social Sciences,
       Institute of Political Science, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2020 -
  • Senior Researcher (Oberassistent), Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich (02/2016-12/2019)
  • Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (09/2018-08/2019)
  • Visiting Scholar, Duke University (08/2017-12/2017)
  • Replacement Full Professor, Chair of Political Science (with a focus on policy analysis and political theory),
       University of Konstanz (10/2016-09/2017)
  • Visiting Fellow, Harvard University (08/2013-12/2013)
  • Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Konstanz
        (08/2011-04/2018)
  • Research Internship, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Köln (08/2009-09/2009)
  • Student Assistant, Chair of Comparative Politics, University of Cologne

Education

  • PhD, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Konstanz, summa cum laude (highest grade)
  • Magister Artium (MA), Political Science, Philosophy, German Literatur, University of Cologne, with distinction (highest grade)

Awards

  • Best Book Award of the American Political Science Association (APSA) Section Education Politics and/or Education Policy
        (2022)
  • Finalist for the Stein Rokkan Prize (2022)
  • Best Paper Prize by the Swiss Political Science Association (SVPW/ASSP) - Nachwuchspreis der SVPW 2018
  • Max Weber Fellowship, EUI, Florence, Italy (one-year fellowship)
  • Dissertation Award by the German Political Science Association / Nachwuchspreis der Deutschen Vereinigung für
        Politikwissenschaft
    (DVPW)
  • Finalist for the Deutscher Studienpreis, which is awarded for “excellent, socially highly relevant dissertations"
        (https://www.koerber-stiftung.de/deutscher-studienpreis)
  • Doctoral Researcher Prize by the European Network for Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) and the Journal of European
       Social Policy (JESP)