2005-2007 Lecturer at the Chair for Political Science and Contemporary History, Mannheim University
2004 Doctoral degree in Political Science, Mannheim University
1997-2005 Research Associate at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
Areas of Expertise:
Russian Federation,
Ukraine,
EU Eastern Partnership
focus on Ukrainian domestic and foreign policy, and EU-Russian relations. Special topics are the development of civil society in Eastern Europe, promotion of democracy, and the role of human rights in foreign policy.