Former Associate
Since 2011: External consultant in the ongoing development and internationale networking of the GIGA Doctoral Programme. Member of Regional Powers Network
Since 1999: Independent Consultant (Region Head Europe) at Oxford Analytica
1989-1999: Freelance journalist at dpa, NDR, Süddeutschen Zeitung and DIE ZEIT
1995-2010:: Guest researcher positions at, among others the European University Institute in Florence (1995), the Finnish Institute for International Affairs in Helsinki (2003), the Stiftung Wissenschaft and Politik in Berlin (2004) and Waseda University (2006-07) in Tokyo. In 2010, Visiting Professor at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo
Since 1998: Fellow and lecturer in Politics and International Relations at St. Peter's College, University of Oxford ("tenure" since 2003)
Education: History, politics, drama and international relations in Germany, the United States, the UK and Italy. Degrees from the Free University of Berlin (BA equivalent), the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (MALD), Cambridge University (MPhil from Gonville and Caius College) and Oxford University (DPhil from St Antony's College and an MA by Resolution)
Foreign Policy Analysis
EU External Relations
Europe in a Non-European World
EU-Japan
European Responses to Rising Powers
Comparative Regionalism in Asia and Europe