Curriculum Vitae
Academic Qualifications and Positions
Since 02/2019
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
*maternity leave: ten months 2020-21
08/2015 - 01/2019
Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
*maternity leave: five months 2018
08/2014 - 10/2018
Dr. phil. in Social Anthropology, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
08/2014 - 07/2015
Affiliated Doctoral Researcher, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance,
Jawarharlal-Nehru-University, India
08/2013 - 07/2014
Pre-Doctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
04/2006 - 07/2012
Magistra Artium (M.A.) in Social Anthropology and South Asian History (with honours), Heidelberg University, Germany
Ethnographic Field Research
2022 - 2024
12-months fieldwork on canon law in Rome, Italy
2014 - 2017
13-months fieldwork on tea plantations in Assam, India
2014
4-months fieldwork on the right to development in Delhi, India
2011- 2012
4-months fieldwork on Persons with Mental Disabilities in Varanasi, India
Third-party Funding and Awards
Since 2025
Member of the DFG Scientific Network Law in the Anthropocene
2024
SNSF Open-Access Book Publication Funding
2023 - 2024
Residency scholarship Roma Calling, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, Italy
2014 - 2017
PhD Scholarship from the Heinrich Boell Stiftung, Germany
2013
MA Thesis Award from the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
2008 - 2009
Grant for an internship in India, German Academic Exchange Service, Germany
Service to Profession
Since 2024
Student Counsellor at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
Since 2020
Member of the Editorial Board of the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie | Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
2023 - 2024
Erasmus coordinator at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2022 - 2023
Teaching Coordinator, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2021 - 2023
Equality, diversity, and inclusion officer at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2021 - 2022
Erasmus coordinator at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2021 - 202
Student Counsellor at the Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2019 - 2021
Teaching Coordinator, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Halle
2016 - 2020
Member of the Editorial Board of the Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on South Asia
Manuscript Reviewer
Africa Spectrum
Asian Journal of Women’s Studies
Development and Change
Interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Südasienforschung - Interdisciplinary Journal for South Asian Studies
JRAI - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Tsantsa -Journal of the Swiss Anthropological Association
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie | Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Membership in Professional Associations
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA)
European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)
German Anthropological Association (GAA)
Working Group Political and Legal Anthropology (PRA-PLA) of the German Anthropological Association
Working Group Religion of the German Anthropological Association
Language Skills
German (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Hindi (advanced)
Italian (intermediate)
Urdu (basic)
French (basic)
Latin (basic)