Fellowships:

Marie Curie Fellowship für einen Auslandsaufenthalt am Department of Politics der University of Exeter, England (192.850 Euro), September 2011 - August 2013.

2004-2007: Fellowship of the German Science Foundation, member of the doctoral programme „The Future of the European Social Model“ at the Georg-August University Göttingen.

1999-2001: Fellowship of the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.

1994-1999: Fellowship of  the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst e.V.

Awards

2001: Best graduate of the year 2001 at the France Centre of the Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg.

1989: Fourth at the German youth competition in history. Subject: “The situation of French war prisoners in Berlin, 1939-1945”.

Grants

2011, Conference „New trends in political representation in the EU – still democratic?“, Jean Monnet Action, Life long Learning Programme, 31.5.-2.6.2012, University of Exeter (39.538 Euro).

Workshop „Representation in the European Union: Coping with present challenges to democracy”, Fritz-Thyssen Stiftung, 2010 (8.000 Euro).

Workshop “The OMC within the Lisbon Strategy: Empirical assessments and theoretical implications”, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 28.-29.11.2008 (10.000 Euro).