Associate
Since 2012: Associate at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies
2007 - 2012: Senior Research Fellow at the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies; responsibilities: South Asia, India, Sri Lanka; official development aid, social policy, economy, political development
1981 - 2006: Senior Research Fellow at the German Overseas Institute
1974–1980: Lecturer at the University of Tübingen
1973–1974: Teacher at a Secondary School in Reutlingen
Education: Study of Political Sciences, History, and French in Erlangen, Tübingen, and Montpellier
Political parties in India
Regional Powers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Social policies of Indian states
South Asia
India
Sri Lanka