I am a first-year student on the MPhil in International Relations and a member of St Hugh’s College. My research studies small and middle powers in the Indo-Pacific, specifically their positioning and behaviour in the context of the current US-China competition. I am more broadly interested in geopolitical and geo-economic dynamics in the Indo-Pacific, as well as between this region and Europe.
Next to my home country Germany, I have lived in New Zealand, the Netherlands, France and the UK. I completed my Bachelor in Political Science (Honours and cum laude) at the University of Amsterdam, with an exchange semester at the Institute d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. In conjunction with my undergraduate dissertation, I completed an internship at the NGO Katalyst Initiative where I researched the intersection between human rights and environmental protection in global supply chains. Following my Bachelor’s degree, I worked at The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, focusing on ties between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, the future of hybrid threats, and the war in Ukraine. There, I co-authored and contributed to various publications.
Currently, I am a writer for the JASON Institute for Peace and Security Studies.
Research Interests
- Indo-Pacific
- South and Southeast Asia
- Foreign policy
- Security studies
Languages
- German (native)
- English (C2)
- French (C1)
- Dutch (C1)
- Spanish (A1)
- Mandarin (A1)
