Research Projects

Against all Odds - Youth in Post-War Societies
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) |  2013 - 2017
ANTICORRP: Anti-Corruption Policies Revisited – Global Trends and European Responses to the Challenge of Corruption
EC, 7th Framework Programme (FP7) |  2012 - 2017
Contested Leadership in International Relations – Power Politics in South America, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
VolkswagenStiftung, Schumpeter Fellowship |  2010 - 2018
Control of Infections: Perception of Risks and Political Agenda for Providing a Public Good
Leibniz Research Alliance "Infections 21", German Research Foundation (DFG, in preparation) |  2016 - 2019
Diffusing the EU Model? The European Union’s Influence on Global Regionalism
Daimler and Benz Foundation |  2015 - 2017
Envisioning Peace | Transforming Conflict
Philipps University Marburg, Bayerisches Hochschulzentrum für Lateinamerika, Colombian partners, GIGA |  2016 - 2018
Ethnic Voting in Latin America
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2015 - 2018
Every Immigrant Is an Emigrant: How Migration Policies Shape the Paths to Immigration
Leibniz Competition |  2017-2020
Every Immigrant Is an Emigrant: How Migration Policies Shape the Paths to Integration
Leibniz Competition |  2017 - 2020
Explaining Reluctance in International Politics: Rising Powers and Crisis Management
Jean Monnet Fellowship, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute |  2014 - 2017
Extracting Justice? Exploring the Role of FPIC and Consultation, and Compensation Related to Socio-environmental Conflicts in Latin America
Norwegian Research Council |  2014 - 2017
From Quietism to Politics: The Egyptian and Transnational Salafist Movement
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2014 - 2017
Gender Norms, Labour Supply and Poverty Reduction in Comparative Context: Evidence from Rural India and Bangladesh
ESRC/DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research |  2014 - 2017
Governing People's Safety in Areas of Extremely Limited Statehood: South Sudan and the Central African Republic
German Research Foundation (DFG), part of CRC 700 |  2014 - 2017
Institutions for Sustainable Peace - Comparing Institutional Options for Divided Societies and Post-Conflict Countries
Leibniz Competition |  2012 - 2017
International Diffusion and Cooperation of Authoritarian Regimes - IDCAR-Network
Leibniz Competition |  2014 - 2017
Landscape-Level Assessment of the Ecological and Socio-Economic Functions of Rainforest Transformation Systems in Sumatra (Indonesia) (part of CRC 990)
German Research Foundation (DFG), SFB 990 (DFG) |  2016 - 2019
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: Data, Patterns, Impacts, and Policies
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), European Commission |  2013 - 2017
Mitigating Trade-offs between Economic and Ecological Functions and Services through Certification
German Research Foundation (DFG), part of CRC 990 (project C04) |  2016 - 2019
Performance and Dynamics of Micro and Small Firms in Developing Countries
2015 - 2018
Political Regimes, Reduction of Poverty and Inequality
EC, 7th Framework Programme (FP7) |  2012 - 2017
Polities beyond Borders. The New Dynamics of Emigrant Politics and Policies in Latin America
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2014 - 2017
Poverty and Inequality Dynamics and the Role of Social Policies
EC, 7th Framework Programme (FP7), ESRC/DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research |  2012 - 2017
Regional Powers Network
Leibniz Competition, Fritz-Thyssen Foundation, GIGA |  2008 - 2017
Religion and Conflict: On the Ambivalence of Religious Factors in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) , German Israeli Foundation |  2008 - 2018
Secondary Theaters of War: The Syrian War in Jordan
DSF |  2015 - 2017
Secondary Theatres of War: The Syrian War in Jordan
German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) |  2016 - 2017
Security Sector Reform and the Stability of Post-War Peace
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2016 - 2018
The (In)stability of Presidential Term Limits in Africa and Latin America: Assessing the Impact of Tenure-Rule Reforms on the Political Regime
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2017 - 2020
The Influence of Religion on Sustainable Development
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) |  2015 - 2018
The Institutional Presidency in Latin America
DAAD / CAPES (PROBRAL Programme in cooperation with Brazil) |  2014 - 2017
The Rise of Middle Classes in Emerging and Developing Countries: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences
GIGA Research Platform South Africa, Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. (Villigst) |  2016 - 2018
War Economies and Postwar Crime
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |  2015 - 2017
West African Traders as Translators Between Chinese and African Urban Modernities
German Research Foundation (DFG) |  2013 - 2018