• International Institutions and Organizations
  • Theories of International Relations
  • Regional integration within and outside Europe
  • Regionalism and external actors
  • Nexus Security & Development
  • Conflict Resources and War Economies
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Foreign and security policy
  • Theory-building and empirical research in the field of ‘International Institutions’, especially on regionalism in the Global South
  • Origins, Design, and Success of International Organizations
  • EU-Africa Relations
  • Energy and hydrogen, especially at the intersection of security and development
  • German Political Science Association (DVPW)
  • German-Namibian Society e.V.
  • Alumni Network Sub-Saharan Africa (ANSA) e.V.
  • Contact member of the DAAD Friends’ Association e.V. in Bamberg
  1. Basissem Internationale Beziehungen
    Instructor: Dr. Johannes Muntschick; Stefan Rother; Laura Ulrich
  2. Praktikum mit Europabezug (min. 6 Wochen)
    Instructor: Dr. Johannes Muntschick; Dr. Friedrich Plank; Dr. Doris Unger
  3. Sem (BA/MEd) Multilateralismus in der Krise? Globale Machtverschiebungen und die Zukunft der Weltordnung
    Instructor: Dr. Johannes Muntschick

WiSe 2026/27

Doctoral dissertation – Title: “Regionalism and External Influence: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the ambivalent Impact of the EU on Regional Integration” (Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Gehring (First Reviewer), Prof. Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Prof. Richard Münch)

  • Scholarship student of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) on several occasions, including for a program of study and research in Namibia
  • 2007 – 2010: Scholarship student in the Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) “Markets and Social Spaces in Europe” at Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg