since 2020: Researcher at Hans-Böckler-Foundation, Düsseldorf. Project: Social Stratification and Democratic Integration (“Soziale Lebenslagen und Demokratische Integration”).
January 2017 – June 2017: Freelancer for Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, and Federal Ministry of the Interior Germany: Expertise project: “Bestandsaufnahme: Abwertende Einstellungen und diskriminierende Vorurteile in der deutschen Gesellschaft“. Publication here (short version) and here (long version).
May 2017 – October 2017: Freelancer for Analyses at “Signal & Rauschen” (https://signalundrauschen.de) – a tool providing analyses and research related to the German election 2017.
March 2014 – December 2016: Research Associate at Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Head of Projects “Development Group-focused Enmity Europe“, “Jüdische Perspektiven in Deutschland“ (Publication here).
November 2013 – December 2016: Research Consultant at Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Project “BIFans, Studien zur Fanidentität und Fangewalt in deutschen Fußballstadien“. Publication here.
October 2011 – September 2012: Research Associate at Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Project “SoraZO – Sozialraumanalysen zum Zusammenleben vor Ort”. Publication here.
January 2011 – June 2011: Research Associate at Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence, Bielefeld University, Project “Group-Focused Enmity in Europe”. Publication here (English) and here (German).
July 2010 – February 2014: Research Associate at Department of Educational Science – Socialisation, Bielefeld University
Research Stays
June 2017 – September 2019: DFG Research-Fellow (“Forschungsstipendium”) at State University New York, University at Albany, Project: “Institutional Integration, Marketized Mentality, and Group-focused Enmity: Understanding the Structural and Cultural Sources of Group Prejudice and its Consequences”.
January 2013 – March 2013: Research stay at the State University New York (USA), University at Albany, NY, Department of Sociology with Prof. Steven Messner
August 2006 – February 2007: Exchange student and researcher at State University St. Petersburg (Russia).