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09/2017
ERC Starting Grant for the research project "The legacy of colonialism: origins and outcomes of social protection" (1.500.000 EUR)

2015
Rudolf Wildenmann Prize for the best paper presented at ECPR Joint Sessions in Warsaw (1.000 EUR)

06/2014
Member of the ‘Junge Akademie’, joint project  of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Academy of Sciences and German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (26.500 EUR)

04/2013                             
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University (60.000 USD)

10/2012
Nominated for the Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize for young researchers as a distinction for outstanding achievement by the University of Bremen

08/2011                              
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Best Paper Award: Best Article in Social Sciences in 2010 (1.000 EUR; together with Herbert Obinger)

08/2011                              
‘Politische Vierteljahresschrift’ Best Paper Award:  Best Article published in Politische Vierteljahresschrift 2010 (together with Herbert Obinger)

06/2007                              
Tectum Prize:Best Final Thesis in 2006/2007

07/2006 - 01/2007            
Johannes Gutenberg-University, scholarship for young researchers for their final thesis

05/2006 - 09/2006            
Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) for a four month research stay abroad

2004 
Scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service) for a twelve month study abroad