07/2015 → |
Head of International Office, Baden Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Mosbach, Germany |
09/2010 - 06/2015 |
Director of the DAAD-Information Center and Lecturer, at the Institute of International Relations of the National Taras Shevchenko University, both in Kiev, Ukraine |
09/2007 - 08/2009 |
Cultural Manager (Advice of – and collaboration with – the German minority of the Mountainous Banat in Resita, Romania, in the fields of cultural projects, media development, youth work, and staff training), Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart, Germany |
02/2007 - 07/2007 |
Intern (Intercultural event management, fundraising, public relations, administrative work), Delegation of the European Commission to Ukraine and Belarus, Kiev, Ukraine |
10/2006 - 12/2006 |
Language Teacher (German, English and Spanish), Aachen Academy of European Languages / Ukrainian Humanitarian Lyceum, Kiev, Ukraine |
10/2005 - 12/2006 |
Book Review Editor, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Cambridge, UK |
09/2003 - 09/2005 |
Student Jobs: Academic Support Worker / Hall Office Assistant / International Student Helper / Open Day Guider, all at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK |
09/2001 - 06/2002 |
"Zivildienst" (Alternative civilian service instead of otherwise compulsory army service), Altenheim am Tiergarten, Krefeld, Germany |
Education and Training
09/2013 → |
Part-time Doctorate of Education (EdD), King’s College, London, UK |
09/2005 - 07/2007 |
Master of Studies (MSt) in International Relations (passed final exams with distinction), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK |
10/2002 - 05/2005 |
Bachelor of Science (BSc) with First Class Honours in International Relations and Tourism Management, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK |
08/2004 - 12/2004 |
Semester Abroad with 95% GPA,Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico |
09/1999 - 05/2001 |
International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma with 33 points, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, UK |
08/1993 - 06/1999 |
Year 10 school report (GCSE equivalent), Albert Einstein Gymnasium, Kaarst, Germany |
Mother tongue: German
Other languages: English, Spanish, Romanian / Moldovan, Russian, Bosnian / Croatian / Serbian, Ukrainian, Syrian Arabic, Georgian, Latin
Voluntary and unpaid work:
- Co-ordination of activities for Asylum Seekers, Mosbach, Germany (2016)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the German Economic Club Kiew, Ukraine (2011-2015)
- Elected member of the DAAD Council of Lecturers, Bonn, Germany (2011-2015)
- Christmas Market Stand to collect money for orphanages and hospitals in Eastern Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine (December 2014)
- Transport of material to and from Nepal for a German humanitarian project (October 2009)
- Independent candidate for the local council as an EU citizen (result: 1,21% of valid votes) in Resita, Romania (April – June 2008)
- International Election Observer of the parliamentary elections in Skopje, Macedonia (July 2006)
- Elected President of a student hall of residence in Oxford (December 2003 – July 2004)
- Residential Assistant of a student hall of residence in Oxford (September 2003 – July 2004)
- Renovation of an orphanage/special school in Iasi, Romania (October 2000)
- Supervision of religious confirmation classes in the protestant parish Kaarst, Germany (1997-1999)