EDUCATION

• University of Duisburg-Essen, PhD in Political Science, Faculty of Social Science 
  Defended in July 2013, magna cum laude. 
  Title: Facing the 'Rise of China' - Changes in Japan's Foreign Policy Identity 
  Supervisor: Professor Dr. Thomas Heberer
  
  
• Georg-August-University Göttingen, M.A. in Political Science and Japanese Studies, October 2007 
  Title: Becoming a 'Normal Country'? Article IX and Constitutional Reform in Japan 
  Supervisor: Professor Dr. Walter Reese-Schäfer

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Guest lecturer at the University of Zurich – March-April 2019

• Teaching a course on "Introduction to Sino-Japanese Relations"
• Developing a joint research project between the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) and the University of Zurich about "Migration and Security in Japan"

Guest lecturer at Sophia University, Tokyo – since June 2018

• Teaching at the Sophia University's Summer School about "Introduction to Japanese Politics" (2018); "Introduction to East Asian Politics" (2019)

Research Fellow for the Einstein Visiting Fellow project on the topic “Security in East Asia”, Freie Universität Berlin, Graduate School of East Asian Studies – since November 2018 

• Conducting research on the project: “Security in East Asia”

• Developing new research project on the topic: “Duelling Spatial Realities”

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for East Asian Studies/Japanese Politics and Political Economy – since October 2015

• Conducting research on the project: “Beyond East Asia – Sino-Japanese Rivalry in the Middle East” (fieldwork in Japan March/April 2016; June/July 2017) 
• Organizing academic workshops, such as a joint Freie Universität Berlin - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Workshop (organizers: Nissim Otmazgin, HUJI; Verena Blechinger-Talcott; Kai Schulze); Title of the workshop: “Renationalization, Populism, and Political Communication in East Asia, Europe, and Israel", December 2017 in Jerusalem; joint Freie Universität Berlin - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Workshop: Title of the Workshop: “Globalizing Rivalry? Sino-Japanese Interaction in World Politics" November 2015 and a follow-up workshop in June 2017 in Berlin; joint FU-King’s College of London Workshop: Title of the Workshop: “Japan’s Changing Diplomatic and Security Practice” in October 2017 in London; and others.
• Teaching courses on Bachelor and Master level about “Japan’s Domestic Security”; “Theories and Discourses in Japanese Politics”; “Japan’s China Policy”; “Japan’s New Security Policy”.
• Developing new research project on the topic: “Secrecy, Transparency and Democracy in Japan and Germany

• Louis Frieberg Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Louis Frieberg Center of East Asian Studies / October 2014-July 2015
  (Conducted Research/field work for my new project: "Beyond East Asia - Sino-JapaneseRivalry in the Middle East" / Taught M.A.-course at the East Asian Studies Department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Course Title: "Japan's Foreign and Security Policy" /- Organized joint Freie Universität Berlin - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Workshop. Title of the workshop: "Globalizing Rivalry? Sino-Japanese Interaction in World Politics")

• Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of EastAsian Studies/Japanese Politics and Political Economy / January 2014 - May 2014
  (Conducted Research for my new project: "Beyond East Asia - Sino-Japanese Rivalry and Japan's Foreign Relations Towards the Middle East")

• Scientific Coordinator, Freie Universität Berlin, Center for Area Studies / May 2012 - December 2013
  (Coordinated postdoctoral program for researchers in various fields of area studies under the Freie Universität's POINT program / Organized academic workshops and lecture series / Conducted administration work for the Center for Area Studies)

• Affiliated Predoctoral Research Fellow, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for East Asian Studies/Japanese Politics and Political Economy – January 2012-April 2012
  (Wrote application for third party funding for the project "Institutional Change in Japan's Security Policy" / Worked on a new e-learning system for undergraduate course within Japanese Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin)

• Lecturer, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of East Asian Studies/JapanesePolitics and Political Economy / October 2010 - December 2011 
  (Taught courses on Bachelor and Master level about "Food and Nutrition in Japanese Politics"; "Japan's Foreign Relations in East Asia"; "Social Science Methods for Japanese Studies" / Conducted research on my PhD project: "Facing the 'Rise of China - Changes in Japan's Foreign Policy Identity")

• Research Assistant, University of Duisburg-Essen / June 2010 - September 2010 
  (Assisted in administration for the Graduate School on "Risk in East Asia" (funded by the German Research Council DFG) / Conducted research for my PhD project: "Facing the 'Rise of China - Changes in Japan's Foreign Policy Identity")

• PhD Student Fellow, German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo/Japan / July 2009 - April 2010 
  (Conducted field work for my PhD project: "Facing the 'Rise of China - Changes in Japan's Foreign Policy Identity")

• PhD Student, University of Duisburg-Essen / April 2008 - July 2013 
  (Conducted research for my PhD project: "Facing the 'Rise of China - Changes in Japan's Foreign Policy Identity")

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

• Oct. 2014 - June 2015: Louis Frieberg Postdoctoral Fellowship at the HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem/Israel

• Jan. 2014 – Mai 2014: Research Grant from the Freie Universität's ResearchCommission for the project: "Beyond East Asia: Sino-Japanese Power Struggle and Japan's InterregionalRelations towards the Middle East" in Berlin/Germany

• July 2009 - April 2010: PhD Scholarship at the German Institute for JapaneseStudies in Tokyo/Japan

• Oct. 2005 - Sept. 2006: Scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for a one-yearexchange (Monbukagakusho-Scholarship) to ChibaUniversity/Japan

MEMBERSHIPS

• International Studies Association (ISA)
• Association for Social Science Research on Japan (Vereinigung für Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung, VSJF)
• German Association for Asian Studies (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde, DGA)
• Sino-Japanese Relations Research Network
• European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)