Curriculum Vitae

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Current Position

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow (Senior Researcher), Centre for the Study of Civil War, International Peace Institute Oslo.

Previous Positions

Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University (2010-11).
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (2009-2010).

Education

PhD in Political Science, ETH Zurich, 2009.

MA in Comparative and International Studies, ETH Zurich, 2008.

MSc in Computer Science, University of Freiburg (Germany), 2003.

Awards

ETH Medal for an outstanding dissertation. ETH Zurich, 2010.

SIAF Award for the best social science dissertation at ETH Zurich/University of Zurich. Swiss Institute of International Studies (SIAF), 2009.

Award for Professional Excellence, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences. ETH Zurich, 2008.

National third prize at the German Students' Research Competition. Körber Foundation, 2003.