Human Geography

Curriculum Vitae

Presently (from 10/2025 until 09/2026):
Interim Professor for Geography of Global Change. Institute for Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg.

Since 05/2017
Post-doctoral research and teaching associate (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at Department of Geography/Human Geography, Georg August University Goettingen, Germany

11/2015-04/2017
Senior research and teaching associate (Oberassistentin) at Department of Geography/Human Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

09/2010-10/2015
PhD student at Department of Geography/Human Geography and the URPP Asia & Europe, Zurich University, Switzerland

05/2014-12/2014
Research student at Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

10/2013-04/2014
Academic visitor at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University (with Prof. David Gellner)

04/2003-03/2010
Student at Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn, Germany. Main subject: Geography. Degree: diploma (master). Minor subjects: agriculture and economics; Tibetan studies

Scholarships and Third-Party funding

4/2023-12/2026
DFG Research Grant Project number 515420286
“Assembling Fair Labour. Moral Values and Private Sustainability Standards at Indian Tea Plantations and Natural Stone Pits”

8/2016-07/2017
Research grant under the Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme in the Social Sciences for the project "A moral economy of labour? Tea cooperatives in the eastern Himalayan and sub-Himalayan Bengal tea zone", together with Dr. Swatahsiddha Sarkar (North Bengal University).

10/2013-09/2014
Doc.mobility research scholarship of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

09/2010-08/2013
Research scholarship of the URPP Asia & Europe/University of Zurich, and the Humer Foundation for Academic Talent for the dissertation project "Monopolising a statehood movement. Gorkhaland between authoritarian parties and 'aware citizens'".

08/2009-10/2009
Research scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akadamischer Austausch Dienst) for the research project "Action in food crisis. The influence of food aid on local livelihoods of small-scale farmers in Mugu".

04/2005-02/2010
Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).

Memberships

  • AK Labour Geography
  • VGDH
  • AK Politische Geographie
  • Geographischer Arbeitskreis Entwicklungstheorien
  • AK Südasien