- 05/2016-07/2016 | Visiting Researcher at the Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley
- 2013-2016 | Doctoral scholarship from the German National Merit Foundation ("Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes")
- 2013-present | Doctoral student at the Anglo-American Department of the School of History, University of Cologne (Prof. Dr. Norbert Finzsch)
- 2012-2016 | Teaching assistant at the Anglo-American Department of the School of History, University of Cologne
- 2011-2012 | Substitute teacher at "Rhein-Gymnasium" (grammar school) in Cologne
- 2009-2011 | Student assistant at the "Research Center for Intercultural Studies" and the "Center for Diversity Studies", University of Cologne
- 2005-2011 | Study of English philology, German philology and history at the University of Cologne