Since 10/2016: Senior Researcher at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institut
2011 - 2016: Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute for African Affairs working on research project “Local Arenas of Power-Sharing”
2010: Consultant Research Assistant for Overseas Development Institute, London
2009: Research Assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Leiden University
2006 - 2010: Internship experiences include the OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities, The Hague (2010), The Association for the Prevention of Torture, Geneva (2008) and the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Kampala (2006)
Education: PhD at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, "The Legitimisation of Peace Negotiations: A Role for Civil Society"; Master of Arts in International Relations at Leiden University/Clingendael Netherlands Institute for International Relations; LLB (Bachelor of Law) at Exeter University/M1 en droit européen, Université de Rennes
Current Research
Power-sharing
Post-conflict reforms
Civil society
Legitimacy and representation in peace negotiations
Countries and Regions
Sub-Saharan Africa
Dissertation
The Legitimisation of Peace Negotiations: A Role for Civil Society
The Ethics Guidelines of the German Network for Forced Migration Studies place the respect for human dignity and safeguarding the rights and well-being of all research participants, especially but not exclusively those with lived experience of displacement, at the heart of all research processes.
Ebola in Westafrika: Warum verläuft die Epidemie in den Ländern unterschiedlich?, GIGA Berlin, Berlin
Organisers: German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Dr. Franzisca Zanker (Panelist), Prof. Dr. Andreas Mehler (Moderator), Ambassador Walter Lindner (Panelist), Tankred Stöbe (Panelist)
