Education and degrees
2012        PhD, Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK.
                 Thesis title:  Patronage, exploitation and the invisible hand of Mao Tse Tung in an
                 urban municipality in western Nepal
2006-12   PhD Studies at the Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political
                  Sciences, UK (Supervisors: Prof. Jonathan Parry, Dr. Laura Bear).
2005-06   Master of Science in Anthropology and Development Studies (Joint Degree at the Department of
                  Anthropology and Development Studies). London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK.
2002-05    Studies of Anthropology, Philosophy and Economics, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Germany
2000-03    Bachelor of Science in Computer Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Posts
2015-2017     Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Social- and Cultural Anthropology and Member of
                        the Global South Studies Centre, University of Cologne.  
2012-2015     Research Fellow at the Department of Resilience and Transformation in Eurasia, Max  
                        Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany.
2010               Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics
                        and Political Sciences, UK.
2011               Visiting Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Goldsmith University, London, UK