05/13 - 09/15

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) (D)
Researcher in the Department of Environmental Politics in the research project OpenNESS „Operationalisation of Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: From Concepts to Real-world Applications“ (EU, 7. FRP)

10/12

Stockholm Resilience Centre (S)
Visiting Scholar (BMBF)

05/09 – 04/13

Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (D)
PostDoc within the research group „Market-based instruments for ecosystem services“ (BMBF)

08/07 – 10/07

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V. (Müncheberg, D)
Researcher at the Institute of Socio-Economics for the preparation of a research proposal on „Soil conservation and policy measures“ (EU-financed)

03/06 – 09/08

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Researcher in the Integrated Project SEAMLESS „System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling; Linking European Science and Society“ (EU, 6. FRP)

11/04 – 12/04

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Researcher in the project MULTAGRI "Capitalisation of Research Results on the Multifunctionality of Agriculture and Rural Areas", in a working group on "Setting up and Management of Public Policies with Multifunctional Purpose − Connecting Agriculture with new Markets and Services and Rural SMEs: German National Report" (EU-financed, FP 6)

11/03

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Researcher in the project „Löst Geld Nutzungskonflikte? – Zur Steuerungsproblematik von Förderprogrammen im Agrarumweltbereich“ [Does money solve use conflicts – On the allocative effects of agri-environmental support programs] (financed by the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank)

04/03 – 03/06

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Research in the sub-project “Institutioneller Wandel von Wasserregulierungssystemen” [Institutional Change of Reclamation Systems] (PhD project) within the DFG-Research Group 497 “Strukturwandel und Transformation im Agrarbereich” [Structural Change and Transformation in Agriculture] (Contributions to the proposal since 2001)

09/02 – 03/03

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Researcher in the evaluation team for the mid-term review of the Plan for Rural Development in the Federal State of Brandenburg (VO (EC) Nr. 1257/1999) (financed by the Brandenburg Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Planning)

04/02 – 05/02

University of Newcastle (GB)
Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Rural Economy (DAAD-financed)

05/00 – 02/02

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Researcher in the Collaborative Research Project GRANO „Ansätze für eine dauerhaft-umweltgerechte landwirtschaftliche Produktion in Nordostdeutschland“ [Approaches for a sustainable agricultural production in Northeast Germany] (BMBF-financed)

05/01 – 12/09

Faculty for Agriculture and Horticulture at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Ph.D. Study, Dissertation: Institutioneller Wandel von Meliorationssystemen – Eine vergleichende Studie in Ostdeutschland und Polen [Institutional Change in Reclamation Systems – A comparative study in East Germany and Poland], Grade: „summa cum laude“

10/95 – 07/96

University of Wales, Swansea (GB)
Study at the Department of Economics

10/92 – 03/98

Faculty of Business and Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (D)
Study of Economics (Diploma) (Grade: good)