CV

University studies
10/2005 – 05/2010

• Diploma program (M.A. equivalent) in Political Science at the Philipps-University of Marburg; minor subjects: law, peace and conflict studies

• Diploma thesis: “Possibilities and limits of cooperation between the international community and Iran in Afghanistan”

08/2008 – 12/2008

• Study term abroad at the University of Tehran

Practical experience

• Since 10/2011: University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Political Science, Research Assistant in the DFG-Project “Why do states collapse?”, Chair of International Relations and Development Policy
• 04/2011 – 09/2011: Philipps-University of Marburg, Institute for Political Science, Graduate Assistant at the Chair of Comparative Politics and International Development Studies
• 07/2010 – 09/2010: Philipps-University of Marburg, Institute for Political Science, Voluntary, unsalaried research assistance for Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu (Ph.D.): preparation of an article on the state-building process in Afghanistan
• 01/2009 – 03/2009: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Berlin), Internship at the Research Division Middle East and Africa: research for a comprehensive study about minorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, analysis of international and Farsi media in respect of the presidential election campaign in Iran in 2009
• 10/2007 – 01/2008: Philipps-University of Marburg, Institute for Political Science, tutor for the undergraduate seminar “Statistics and SPSS”
• 08/2006 – 10/2006: Center for Development Research (Bonn), Internship at the Department of Political and Cultural Change: contribution to a policy paper on “Possibilities and limits of civil-military cooperation” commissioned by the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action).
• 07/2005 – 09/2005: Teaching and Projects Abroad (Ghana), Voluntary work in the Adom Day Care Center and within the Kwamoso Housing Project

Language skills

• German (mother tongue)
• English (very good)
• French (good)
• Farsi (good)
• Arabic (basic knowledge)