Hello stranger.

I’m a Junior Professor (Assistant Professor) in Analytical International Politics at the University of Mannheim. Previously, I was a research fellow in Peace Studies at Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oslo. I hold a Ph.D. in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute in Florence. Additionally, I was a member of the external doctoral school of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Previously, I worked as a Protection of Civilians Officer at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). 

My academic interests are within the realm of peace and conflict studies. I focus on micro-dynamics of political violence and the subsequent role of humanitarian organizations and peacekeepers in armed conflicts. I also investigate the climate-conflict-peacebuilding nexus by analyzing how peacebuilding communities in the Sahel and East Africa are addressing climate change-related threat multipliers during conflicts. Methodologically, I combine causal modeling of spatial conflict event data with qualitative methods, such as fieldwork interviews and process tracing. I have a keen interest in applying innovative methods from geosciences and remote sensing and combining these methods with field research.