College and University

Since 10/2006: Ph.D. Fellow, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences

01/2009-06/2009: Graduate School for Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

07/2007: United Nations Graduate Study Program (Human Rights), Geneva, Switzerland

07/2005: Diplom Sozialwissenschaftlerin (International Relations), Leibniz Universität Hannover

10/2000-07/2005: Studies of Social Sciences (Political Science, Sociology, Social Psychology & Law)

01/2000-08/2000: Community College, Santa Fe, NM, USA

Stipends and Awards

Since 2006: PhD Scholarship of the Volkswagen Foundation and the University of Bremen

01/2009-04/2009: Fellowship for PhD Research Studies at Cornell University of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

01/2009-06/2009: Tuition Stipend of the South Asia Program, Graduate School for Asian Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

07/2007: Scholarship of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Office of the United Nations for the United Nations Graduate Study Program at the UN Office at Geneva, Switzerland

09/2005-12/2005: Carlo-Schmid-Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German National Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

07/2003: Travel Grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for an internship at the National Domestic Workers’ Movement in Mumbai, India