About

I am Marie Curie REWIRE Fellow at the University of Vienna and PI of the project “Expert Knowledge in Times of Crisis – Uncovering Interaction Effects between Think Tanks, Media and Politics beyond Liberal Democracies”. Before joining the University of Vienna, I worked in research, science management and policy consulting, including as Managing Director of the Academics in Solidarity program at Freie Universität Berlin, Postdoctoral Researcher/Assistant Professor for International Integration at Justus Liebig University Giessen, and as Hurford Next Generation Fellow with the Carnegie Endowment’s Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative. Together with George Kyris, I am co-founder of the ECPR Research Network on Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict. In addition to expert knowledge production, my research centers on the nexus between security, conflict management and normative agendas of international organizations as well as on the role of civil society and expert communities in policy formation in the post-Soviet space.

Research Interests

Europe (Central and Eastern), Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Conflict Resolution, Democracy, Democratisation, European Politics, European Union, Human Rights, International Relations, Policy Analysis, Security, Knowledge

Current/Upcoming Events

Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Statehood, Sovereignty and Conflict
• Political Violence
• Political Communication
• Knowledge Politics and Policies
• Knowledge and Governance
• International Relations
• Public Policy