Since 2010 at SWP, since 2020 Head of EU/Europe Research Division, 2016–2020 Deputy Head

Since 2013 Organiser of the British-German Outlook Group, a yearly exchange between the SWP, Chatham House, the Federal Foreign Office and the FCO

2012–2015 Lecturer at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder and since 2016 Lecturer in the Postgraduate Master of European Studies, FU/TU Berlin

2012–2014 Research associate in the project EU security agencies, Fritz-Thyssen-Stiftung scholarship

2011–2012 Researcher at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder

2008–2009 Research Associate at the Bundeswehr Institute of Social Sciences within the research division Multinationality/European Armed Forces