Photo: © Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Photographer: Ernst Fesseler / 2014
born: 30th April 1970 in Freiburg
nationality: German and Person of Indian Origin (PIO)
| 10/22 - 03/23 | ICAS:MP Fellow, Delhi/India |
| 03/22 - 08/22 | Guest Professor, Gender Studies, University of Klagenfurt/Austria |
| 04/16-09/21 | Guest Professor European Ethnology at the Humboldt University Berlin |
| 04/15 - 09/15 | Lecturer in European Ethnology at the Humboldt University Berlin |
| 10/09 - 09/10 | Guest Professor Gender Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin |
| 06/09 - 07/09 | Fellow at the Internationales Tübinger Gender-Forschungskolleg, University of Tübingen | 06/08 - 07/09 | Fellow at the Jacobs Summer Research Group 'Youth - Migration - Religion' in Zürich/ Switzerland |
| 04/07 - 10/07 | Visiting Scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway |
| 09/06 - 12/06 | Visiting Scholar at the Asia Centre of the University of New England in Armidale/Australia |
| 02/04 - 08/06 | Researcher at the Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/Oder |
| 02/02-09/03 | Desk officer South Asia, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| 03/01-01/02 | Trainee, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| 03/99-02/01 | Coordinator of Freiwilligenzentrale Hagen |
| since 09/06 | Researcher, author and trainer |
| since 1995 | Journalism (see also publications) |
| since 1994 | Civic education |
Cultural anthropology
| 2018 | Privatdozentin at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) |
| 2017 | Habilitation at the Kulturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder)
Thesis: Das Indernet – eine Ethnografie Presentation: Migration in die DDR. Reflektionen über Ausblendungen in der Migrationsforschung, 28.06.17 |
South Asia Studies
| 09/97-09/98 | M.A. South Asian Area Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London |
| 10/93-03/97 | Indology and Asian History at the University of Kiel |
Economics
| 1993-97 | PhD in History of Economic Thought at University of Kiel |
| 1991-92 | M.Sc. Economics and Econometrics at the University of Southampton |
| 1988-91 | Undergraduate courses at University of Heidelberg and University of Kiel |
School
| 1985 | West High School in Madison, Wisconsin (USA) |
| 1976-88 | European School Karlsruhe |
| 2019 | Price for Outstanding Lecturing 2018, Humboldt University Berlin |
| 01/16 - 03/16 | Scholarship, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder |
| 07/14 - 10/14 | Scholarship, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder |
| 2010 | Price of the Faculty for Outstanding Lecturing, Faculty of Philosophy 3, Humboldt University Berlin |
| 06/09 - 07/09 | Internationales Tübinger Gender-Forschungskolleg |
| 06/08 - 06/09 | Fellowship Jacobs Foundation |
| 04/07 - 10/07 | DFG |
| 09/06 - 12/06 | Fellowship of the University of New England, Armidale/Australia |
| 10/97 - 09/98 | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) |
| 02/94 - 01/97 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| 10/91 - 09/92 | Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) |
| 04/90 - 09/93 | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| 05 - 06/97 | Federal commissioner for migration, Bonn |
| 07 - 08/97 | State office for civic education Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart |
| 03/90 | Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi |
| German | first language |
| English | almost like first language |
| French | school knowledge |
| Hindi | basic knowledge |
| Turkish | minimal |
| Norwegian | minimal |