Teaching

My teaching portfolio covers political science courses for bachelor and master students as well as summer schools and workshops for PhD students, senior researchers, and faculty members. I offer substantive courses on international security and foreign policy analysis. I also teach empirical research methods, especially Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) in the R software environment.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Courses

  • Applying Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Political Science (MA), 2025–2027 — Coordinator
  • Qualitative Research and Methods in Political Science (BA), 2024–2027 — Coordinator & Teacher
  • Theories and Approaches to War and Collective Security (MA), 2024–2027 — Teacher
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis (MA), 2023–2027 — Teacher
  • Selected Issues: International Security (MA), 2023–2024 — Teacher
  • International Security (BA), 2022–2024 — Coordinator & Teacher
  • Workshop in International Relations, Security and Global Order (MA), 2022–2023 — Coordinator & Teacher
  • Selected Issues: Global Political Economy and Geopolitics (MA), 2022–2023 — Teacher

International Methods Courses

  • Exploring Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), Summer School in Social Sciences Methods, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano — 2016–2026
  • ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques, Univerza v Ljubljani, Ljubljana & Central European University, Budapest — 2014–2017
  • Workshops on Qualitative Comparative Analysis:
    • UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
    • Jagiellonian University, Kraków
    • University of Oslo
    • Pädagogische Hochschule Bern
    • Universität Saarbrücken
    • Waseda University, Tokyo
    • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    • Universität Heidelberg
    • Universität Freiburg
    • University of Pennsylvania
    • Université de Lausanne
    • Universität Halle-Wittenberg
    • Universität Jena
    • Universität Göttingen
    • Universität Erfurt
  • Introduction to R Workshop, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg — 2025

International Guest Courses

  • The Politics of Multinational Military Operations, Univerzita Karlova, Prague — 2019

Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award (Preis der guten Lehre), Universität Erfurt — 2018 and 2021