• 2012: Habilitation and venia legendi, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
• 2009: Dr. rer. pol. (PhD in Economics, summa cum laude), Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
• 2004: M. A. (Master’s degree in Philosophy), RWTH Aachen
• 2003: Dipl.-Kfm. (Master’s degree in Business Administration), RWTH Aachen
• 2002: B. Sc. (Bachelor’s degree in Economics), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

Academic Positions Held

• 2021-to date: Professor of Socio-Economics (W3), Bundeswehr University Munich
• 2014-to date: Research Associate, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York
• 2014-2021: Professor of Economics (with tenure), Bard College Berlin
• 2013-2014: Visiting Professor, University of Kassel, Chair of Normative Economics and Business Ethics
• 2012-2013: Research Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex
• 2009-2012: Research Associate, Max Planck Institute of Economics
• 2012: Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex
• 2004-2009: Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics