Institute for Economic and Social History

Fields of Interest

  • History of the transformation of post-socialist states in Europe after 1989
  • History of European integration
  • Women's and gender history
  • History of capitalism


Research project

  • „Caring for Europe: Romanian Migrant Women and the Making of Transnational Care Markets in Post-1989 Transformation.”



Professional experience

  • Since 04/2025: Research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute for Economic and Social History at the Georg-August-University Göttingen
  • 2024: Blue Book Traineeship at the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy of the European Commission in Brussels
  • 2022-2023: Project Assistant "Woman of Europe Award" at the European Movement Germany in Berlin
  • 2022: Internship at the German-Romanian Chamber of Commerce (AHK Romania) in Bucharest
  • 2020-2021: Project manager for the European Social Economy Summit at the City of Mannheim's Economic Development Department
  • 2019: Internship at the Haifa Foundation in Israel
  • 2017-2020: Dual studies at the City of Mannheim's Economic Development Department


Studies

  • 2023-2024: Master of Arts in European Interdisciplinary Studies at the College of Europe Natolin in Warsaw, including a research stay in Armenia
  • 2021-2023: Erasmus Mundus International Joint Master Degree in GLOCAL - Global Markets, Local Creativities at the University of Glasgow and the Universitat de Barcelona and Master of Arts in History of Global Markets at the Georg-August-University Göttingen including a research stay in Romania
  • 2019: Short-term study visit at the Kursk State University in Russia
  • 2017-2020: Dual studies Bachelor of Arts in Business Development at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) Mannheim


Scholarships and awards

  • 2025: Top 100 most influential heads of Europe 2025 (Table Media)
  • 2024: Award for outstanding master's thesis at the Chair of European Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy at the College of Europe Natolin
  • 2023: Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for studying at the College of Europe
  • 2023: DAAD scholarship for Master's Programmes abroad (Eastern Europe)
  • 2020: DHBW Mannheim Award for outstanding bachelor's theses
  • 2019: Scholarship of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg for internships or study visits in Israel
  • 2018-2024: Study Scholarship of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation


Teaching

    Summer term 2026
  • [Proseminar:] "Care, cleaning, commuting: Eastern European female care workers in Europe since the 1990s"
    • Winter term 2025/26
  • [Start-Up Seminar]: "Introduction to the concepts and working methods of economic and social history"
    • Summer term 2025
  • [Tutorial:] "History of the Global Economy: Economic and Social Globalisation Processes since the Early Modern Period"


Memberships

  • Arbeitskreis für kritische Unternehmens- und Industriegeschichte e.V. (AKKU), Historiker:innen für eine Demokratische Gesellschaft (Hist4Dem), Junge Südosteuropagesellschaft, Women in Economic History