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Biographical Data
- Born in 1978
Education:
- Undergraduate Studies in Law and Economics, University of Bayreuth (1998-2001)
- Visiting Student at Universidad de Sevilla (2001-2002)
- Graduate Studies in Law, Humboldt-University of Berlin (2002-2006)
- Summer session on the Law of the European Union, The European University Institute, Florence (2004)
- Postgraduate studies in Latin American Studies, St. Cross College, University of Oxford (2008-2009)
- Scholarships from the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD and the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung)
Professional Career:
since April 2010: Doctoral Candidate at the Hamburg International Graduate School for the Study of Regional Powers, Hamburg
2005-2008: project assistant in the International Cooperation Department, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin
2002: Carlo Schmid Fellow in the Industrial Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America CEPAL, Mexico City
2001-2004: internships in the German-Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce, Montevideo; the European Parliament, Brussels; the Asian Institute of Management, Manila; the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Hanoi and Manila; the German Embassy, Prague.
Doctoral Thesis:
- “The Bolivarian Factor in Latin American Regionalism”
Memberships:
- German Association for Latin American Research (ADLAF)
- Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- International Political Studies Association (IPSA)
- Member of GIGA Research Progamme 4
Current Research:
- Latin America’s international relations and regional integration, left-wing political movements in Latin America, Venezuela and the “Bolivarian Revolution”
Publications (Selection):
- 2008 (with Karsten Grabow): Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (ed.), Media and Democracy, Vol. II – The KAS Democracy Report 2008, Berlin: KAS.
- 2007 (with Karsten Grabow): Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (ed.), Parties and Democracy – The KAS Democracy Report 2007, Bonn: Bouvier.
- 2006 (with Karsten Grabow et al.): Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (ed.), Rule of Law – The KAF Democracy Report 2006, Bonn: Bouvier.
- 2008: “Santo Hugo – the Messiah from the Orinoco”, in: American Foreign Policy Interests 1/2008, 30-39.
- 2008: „Der Westen und Mercosur“, in: Gesellschaft – Wirtschaft – Politik 3/08, 345-356.
