Since 2014 PhD candidate at Humboldt University, Berlin
2014 Member of the project »Elite Change and New Social Mobilization in the Arab World«
Since 2010 Associate, Middle East and Africa Division, SWP
2007–2010 North Africa Analyst, Control Risks, London
2006 MSc, Violence, Conflict & Development, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
2005 Graduate Diploma in Political Science, American University in Cairo (AUC)
2001–2004 Arabic and African Studies, Leipzig University and Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Nationales (INALCO), Paris
