Since 2019 Senior Advisor Horn of Africa, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
2012-2019 Senior Advisor Berghof/ AU Mediation Sudan/ HoA
2013-2014 Head of Research Division
2010-2012 Research stay in Ethiopia
2003-2006 Coordinator for the Ecumenical Network on Central Africa (Berlin)
1999-2001 Researcher in the Eastern Africa Team, Amnesty International (London)
Areas of Expertise:
East Africa,
Ethiopia,
Horn of Africa,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Civil wars,
Fragile states,
Jihadism,
Political systems,
Regional and interstate conflicts
Regional and intrastate conflicts in the Horn of Africa, questions of political order, social change, and statebuilding in fragile states.