| General information | Born 21.2.1981 in Ostfildern-Ruit (Baden-Württemberg) Married, 2 children Family obligations: 10 months of parental leave in total |
| Academic education | 04/2007 – 09/2009: Ph.D. Studies Ph.D. Student (Political Science), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany 10/2001 – 07/2006: Diploma Studies Diploma Student in Journalism (media and communication sciences, political science, economics), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany 08/2003 – 02/2004 Student in Political Science, Umeå Univesitet, Sweden |
| Academic degrees | 2009 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.) (Grade: summa cum laude), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Uwe Wagschal, Prof. Dr. Manfred G. Schmidt, Prof. Dr. Lars P. Feld 2006 Diploma in Journalism studies (Grade: 1.18) (Diploma studies consisted of communication science, political science, economics), LMU München |
| Professional career since graduation | since 10/2022 Professor of Political Science (Comparative European Politics) at Saarland University (W2 tenure W3) 2017 – 2022 Tenured professor (W2) for Policy Analysis and Political Economy, TU Kaiserslautern 2014 – 2017 Juniorprofessor (W1)for Political Economy/Global Governance, TU Kaiserslautern. 2009 – 2014 Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit), Chair of Comparative Politics (Prof. Uwe Wagschal), Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. 2011: Professor ad interim (Professurvertretung) 2011, Chair of Comparative Politics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
| Awards | 2022 Fritz-Thyssen-Prize (runner-up) for the article „Migrationspolitik in den deutschen Ländern (together with Daniel Meyer and Jonas Philipp) published 2021 in the Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft 2021 John Peterson Best Article Award, for the paper “How party ideologies affect foreign aid and defence spending”, published 2020 in the British Journal of Politics and International Relations (with Florian Böller) 2016 Fritz-Thyssen-Prize (runner-up) for the article „Starker Steuerwettbewerb – starke Reformen?“ (together with Alexander von Kulessa) published 2015 in the Swiss Political Science Review 2013 Best Paper Award of the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis for the article “When do governments consolidate?” (together with Uwe Wagschal) 2013 Fritz-Thyssen-Prize (winner) for the article “Parteien und die Generosität der Altersrenten in Zeiten permanenter Austerität“ (together with Frieder Wolf and Reimut Zohlnhöfer) published 2012 in the Swiss Political Science Review 2012 Gordon Smith and Vincent Wright Memorial Prize of the Journal West European Politics for the article “Political Strategies and Fiscal Retrenchment” (this prize is awarded for one of the two best articles published in 2011) 2011 Dr.-Gerhard-Ott-Prize of the University of Heidelberg for the Ph.D.-thesis (this prize is awarded every third year by the faculty of social and economic sciences) |
| Service to the university administration | 4/2020 – 07/2022 Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, TU Kaiserslautern 02/2018 – 03/2021 Delegate to the university library board by the Faculty of Social Sciences, TU Kaiserslautern 4/2017 – 07/2022 Elected member of the Faculty board, Faculty of social sciences, TU Kaiserslautern |
| Professional education and positions outside academia | 10/2006 – 02/2007 Full time editor (Redakteur) of the economic magazine „Econo“, Offenburg. 10/2001 – 07/2006 Vocational training as a Redakteur, at the German School of Journalism (Deutschen Journalistenschule, DJS), München |