Since 11/2018: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
Since 2021 Senior Policy Officer to the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration and the Federal Government Commissioner for Anti-Racism, Federal Chancellery
2018 - 2021: Senior Policy Officer to the Federal Government Commissioner for Global Freedom of Religion, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
2017 - 10/2018: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
2016: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Middle East Studies
PhD in Political Sciene at the University of Hamburg; Topic: "Islamist Resistance Organizations and Conceptions of Political Order - Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas from 2005 to 2013"
2011 - 2015: Member of the GIGA Doctoral Programme
Education: 2002 - 2008 Political Science and Islamic Studies at the University of Hamburg including language courses at the University of Damascus, Syria.
Current Research
Political Islam in the Middle East and North Africa
Power and Norms in Islamist Organizations
Muslim Brotherhood in the MENA-Region and the Gulf
Krieg um die Heilige Stadt - Seit Jahrzehnten kämpfen Israelis und Palästinenser um die Vorherrschaft in Jerusalem. Warum lodert der Konflikt immer wieder auf? Und wird er je enden?
