• Since 03/2024

Deputy Director, Thünen Institute of Rural Economics

•  Since 12/2021

Researcher, Thünen Institute of Rural Economics

•  11/2016-11/202

Researcher, Thünen Institute for Rural Studies

•   07/2011-10/2016

Researcher, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

•  10/2011-10/2016

Doctoral Programme "Quantitative Economics", CAU Kiel, Degree: Dr. sc. pol. (2017)       

•  10/2005-06/2011

Studies in Economics at CAU Kiel, Jönköping University (Sweden) and Åbo Akademi University (Finland), Degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (Diploma in Economics)

• since 2024: OECD Expert Consultation Group for Functional Rural Areas, advisory member
• since 2022: OECD Working Party on Rural Policy, delegate of Germany
• since 2022: Society for Regional Research (GfR), Scientific Secretary

• European Economic Association (EEA)
• Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung (GfR)
• Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
• Urban Economics Association (UEA)
• German Economic Association

•    2021 Journal of Economic Geography Best Referee Award
•    2021 Thünen Research Award in the category "Excellent transfer contribution" for the special issue "Rural areas"
     of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (joint with Stefan Becker, Christian Hundt, Patrick Küpper, Anne Margarian,
     Cornelius Peters, Annett Steinführer and Peter Weingarten)
•    2012 Young Researcher Award, German-speaking section of the Regional Science Association International
•    Erich Schneider-Preis 2011 (faculty award) for Diploma thesis, Kiel University

RePEc: https://ideas.repec.org/f/ppe753.html

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-3078

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Vo4Z6E4AAAAJ&hl=de