Academic Work Experience
Since 2018: Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Senior Research Fellow and Head of Country Section Scandinavia;
2015 - 2016: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, UK
Research assistant in legal history to Prof. Brian Cheffins (SJ Berwin Professor of Corporate Law);
2008 – 2009: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Student research assistant, Chair for Public Law, International Law and European Law;
2007 - 2008: King’s College London, Faculty of Law, UK
Student research assistant to Prof. Dr. Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Professor of Commercial Law.
Other Work Experience
2017 - 2018: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Personal assistant to the President of the University (Prof. Dr. Peter-André Alt);
2015 - 2016: Bundesverfassungsgericht (German Federal Constitutional Court)
Freelance translator for judgments and press releases;
2015: Oxford University Press, UK
Translator for subject areas law and history
2012 – 2014: Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer LLP, Berlin, Germany
Legal researcher, ‘Antitrust, Competition and Trade’ ;
2009 – 2011: Deutscher Bundestag (German Federal Parliament)
Researcher and administrative assistant at the office of MP Michael Link with a main focuson European affairs.
Education
2014 – 2018: University of Cambridge, Faculty of History, UK
PhD in History
Specialisation: Modern European History and Legal History
Title of dissertation: Law and Politics in the Norwegian ‘Treason Trials’, 1941-64
Supervisor: Prof. Sir Christopher Clark
2011 - 2012: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, UK
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Specialisation: European Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence
2008 – 2011: Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Law, Germany
First Legal State Examination
2006 – 2010: King’s College London, Faculty of Law, UK
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Academic Stipends and Awards
- Danish Centre for Welfare Studies: Early Career Grant 2020;
- FAZIT-STIFTUNG, Abschlussstipendium Promotion 2018;
- Price Consort Studentship 2017, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge;
- Members Trust Fund Grant 2016, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge;
- European Scholarship 2014-2017, Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust, University of Cambridge;
- School-Faculty Award 2014-2017, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge;
- Absolventenpreis 2010, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin;
- Harold Potter Memorial Prize 2008, King’s College London;
- Jeff Price Memorial Bursary 2006-2008, King’s College London;
- MyScholarship Award 2008, King’s College London;
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Prize (2007, 2008, 2009);
- Kingsley Napley Prize in Criminal Law 2007, King’s College London;
- Union Bank Pris 2006, Duborg Skolen, Flensburg.
Other Engagement
2019 – : Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy
Co-advisor for doctoral students
2016 – 2018: Cambridge History for Schools Outreach Programme
Volunteer speaker and assistant
2015 – 2016: Seeley Historical Library, University of Cambridge, UK
Library invigilator
2014 – 2015: Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (now: Cambridge Journal of International Law)
Managing Editor; Conference Convener of the 2015 CJICL Conference
2012: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Guest lecturer at the 2012 DAAD Law Summer School in Berlin
2011 - 2012: Newnham College, Cambridge
Student Representative, Newnham College Library Committee; LL.M. Representative, Faculty of Law
2010 - 2012: Anglo-German Law Society e.V.
Founding member, vice-president
