Date of birth: June 1979
Place of birth: Magdeburg, Germany
Education and personal career
| Since 3/ 2016 | Assistant Professor at the University of Salzburg, Department of Geography and Geology, Social Geography |
| 2015 | Research Assistant at the Fachhochschule Erfurt, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Urban and Spacial Sociology |
| 2/2015 | PhD at the University of Leipzig Title of disseration: "Raumproduktionen im südöstlichen Europa." |
| 2014-2/2015 | Subject coordinator and teaching for Geography and applied Geography, Evangelische Werkschule Naundorf (Saxony, Germany) |
| 3/2013-8/2013 | University assistent at the University of Graz, chair of Human Geography and didactics (temporary replacement) |
| 2012 | Scholarschip of the DAAD (doctoral fellowship) |
| 2007-2011 | Research Assistant at the Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (Leipzig, Germany) |
| 2007-2010 | Teaching assignments at the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institute of Geography |
| 1999-2006 | Study of Geography, Political Science and Economics at the WWU Münster and the University of Ljubljana |
| 1998 | Abitur at the Nobertusgymnasium (Magdeburg, Germany) |
Conferences, Presentations and Media
| 2015 |
VI. CATference, Prag: “Post-political urban landscapes?! Where is the political in urban development and urban theory in Eastern Europe?” (Panel-Organisation und Leitung) EUGEO Kongress, Budapest: “The city of the future? Smart cities from a different perspective: Deconstructing the current boom of smart city activities in Italy”. |
| 2014 | 10. Hermann-Henselmann-Kolloquium “Urban Austerity”, Weimar: „Crisis – Austerity – Smart City… Urban governance and policy-making in Southern Europe”. |
| 2013 |
Deutsch-Griechischer Workshop “Urban Crisis or Urban Crises”?, Athen: “The long story of austerity urbanism in Eastern German cities.” V. International Urban Geographies Conference of Post-socialist cities, Tbilissi: “Housing policies and the post-socialist city: actors, strategies, outcomes.” (Panel-Organisation und Leitung) Abschlusskonferenz BMBF-Projekt „Dynass“. Berlin. “Sicherheit in unsicheren Zeiten?! Zum Boom urbaner Sicherheitspolitiken- und praktiken im östlichen Europa.“ (Einladung) |
| 2012 | 3rd Young Scientists Forum on Central and South East Europe 2012. Wien. “The production of new socio-spatial inequalities in Eastern European cities.” (Einladung)
International Workshop on globalisation and urban development. Istanbul. „The relationship between urban development and globalisation in South-Eastern Europe.“ (Einladung) |
| 2011 | IV. CATference, Cities after transition. Bukarest: “Wild Wild East. The production of urban inequalities in an era of commodification and spectacle.” |
| 2010 |
ICCEES VIII World Congress. Stockholm: “¿How to interpret suburban growth in Central and Eastern European cities?” Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington D.C.: “The production of post-socialist urban landscapes.” |
| 2009 | 57. Deutscher Geographentag. Wien: “Das Glück wartet hinter der Mauer!Geschlossene Wohnkomplexe – Vorboten sozialräumlicher Polarisierung in osteuropäischen Stadtregionen?“ |
Completed research projects
„Raumproduktionen im südöstlichen Europa: Entstehung, Wirkmächtigkeit und Alltag der Sofioter Gated Communities.“ (Dissertation)
„Zwischen Gentrification und Abwärtsspirale: Sozialräumlicher Wandel und Persistenzen in Wohnquartieren ausgewählter Stadtregionen des mittleren und östlichen Europa.“
(DFG: Laufzeit 2007-2011)