CV

Education

May 2014- Mar 2019
PhD at WISO Graduate School at University of Hamburg, Germany; PhD Thesis 'Marketization and Change of Long-Term Care Policies in Europe: International Differences and Hypothetical Effects' (summa cum laude). Reviews: Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Hildegard Theobald and Traute Meyer

Oct 2009- Sep 2012
Master of Arts in Sociology at University of Hamburg, Germany, (passed with distinction); Master Thesis: 'World Polity and Institutional Change' (grade: 1.0)

Oct 2006- Sep 2009
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Minor in History) at University of Hamburg, Germany, Bachelor Thesis: “Gestaltungsfähigkeit demokratischer Politik im Zeitalter der Globalisierung” ('Globalization and Opportunities of Democratic Politics') (grade: 1,3)


Research Positions

Since Apr 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher (TVL 13) at the SOCIUM/University of Bremen working at the Department for Dynamics of Inequality in Welfare Societies in the Working Group Comparative Study of Societies (Head of Working Group: Prof. Dr. Patrick Sachweh)

Feb 2020-Apr 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher (TVL 14) in the EU Horizon 2020 Project ‘Closing Gaps in European Social Citizenship’ (EUROSHIP) under the supervision of Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger at the University of Hamburg, Germany

April 2017- Jan 2020
Research Fellow (TVL 13) in the DFG special collaborative research programme application “Arbeitsformen im gesellschaftlichen Kontext” ('Forms of work in a social context') led by Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger at the University of Hamburg, Germany

Oct 2014- Sep 2018
Research Fellow (TVL 13) in the DFG funded research project “Institutionelle Rahmung familialer Pflege zwischen Marktlogik und Familiensolidarität” FAMICAP ('Institutional Framing of Family Care between Market Logic and Solidarity') led by Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger at University of Hamburg, Germany

Mar 2013-Sep 2014
Research Fellow (TVL 13) at the Chair of Social Structure Analysis (Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger) at University of Hamburg, Germany

Oct 2012-Sep 2013
Research Fellow (TVL 13) in the DFG research group application „Ökonomisierung und Inkomplementaritäten in institutionellen Konstellationen” OIKON ('Economization and Incomplementarities in Institutional Constellations') led by Prof. Birgit Pfau-Effinger at the University of Hamburg, Germany


Visiting Scholar Positions

Nov 2018- Jan 2019
Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark (Invited by Professor Per H. Jensen)

Oct-Nov 2017
Visiting Researcher at the Department for Social Welfare, UC Berkeley, USA (invited by Professor Neil Gilbert)


Parental Leave (2 children, born 2020 and 2023)

Apr-Jul 2020 Fulltime (100%)

Aug-Oct 2023 Fulltime (100%)