Since May 2017	Research assistant at the department of clinical psychology and psychotherapy, Bielefeld University, affiliated with the VW-supported project "Transformation to War and Barbarism"
2014 – 2016	M.Sc. in clinical psychology in Konstanz and Dijon; Master’s thesis: „Do stress and excessive demands lead to violent acts? – Investigating the influence of teachers‘ personal factors on harsh disciplinary methods in secondary schools in Tanzania“
2010 – 2014	B.Sc. in psychology at the University of Konstanz, focus on clinical psychology; Bachelor’s thesis: “Improving the quality of caregiving in orphanages – A systematic review on the effectiveness of psychological interventions“

For my PhD project I am exploring experiences of violence, psychological consequences of traumatic experiences, PTSD, and intimate-partner-violence in war-refugees in the Kurdish region of Iraq.

Other research interests:

• Violence against women and intersectionality


• Trauma and memory; commemorative culture


• Psychological consequences of violence in child-raising and educational settings

Publication lists can be found on:

     PUB

     ResearchGate

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