1990-1996 Studies of German, Political Science and Scandinavian Studies at the Humboldt-University Berlin
2002 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in political science at the Humboldt-University Berlin
2020 Habilitation and authorization to teach political science at the University of Potsdam
Research areas
Nation and Nationalism
Welfare State
Citizenship
European Integration
Foreign Policy
Teaching and Research
2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy), Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali
2006-2015 Lecturer at the University of Potsdam, Chair of Political Theory, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
2007-2021 Lecturer at the University of Passau, Chair of Modern and Contemporary History of Eastern Europe and its Cultures
2007-2009 Lecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences, Department of International Politics
2007-2008 and 2011-2015 Lecturer in International Relations, Political Theory and Intercultural Communication at Collegium Civitas University Warsaw (Poland)
2008 Mobility Research Fellow at the Southern Danish University in Odense (Denmark), Department of Political Science and Public Management, Centre for Welfare State Research
2009-2010 Lecturer for Special Tasks in Political Science at the University of Wuppertal (Germany)
2010-2015 Lecturer at the University of Passau, Chair of Political Science
2010-2011 and 2012-2013 Lecturer at the University of Toruń (Poland), Faculty of Law, Department of European Integration
2011 Mobility Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki, Department of Political and Economic Studies
2011-2012 Lecturer at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Political Theory and Philosophy
Since 2020 Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Potsdam
The Nation and Nationalism in Europe: An Introduction, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press 2011.
Nationalism in Contemporary Europe: Concept, Boundaries and Forms, Zurich: LIT Verlag 2021.
Italy and the EU enlargement to the East. A Historical and theoretical perspective, Padua (Italy): DSI 2005
Nationalism and European Integration. The Need for New Theoretical and Empirical Insights, New York/London: Continuum 2007 (with Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski)
Multiplicity of Nationalism in Contemporary Europe, Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield 2010 (with Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski).
Welfare Citizenship and Welfare Nationalism, NordWel Studies in Historical Welfare State Research, Helsinki, Jyväskylä: Bookwell Oy 2011.
European Welfare States: Citizenship, Nationalism and Conflict, Studia Brandtiana, Osnabrück: Fibre Verlag 2013 (with Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski).
Citizenship and Identity in the Welfare State, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft 2013
