Curriculum Vitae

since 10/2006

Researcher in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

11/2004 - 09/2006

Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Leipzig and
guest scientist at the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

02/2004 – 10/2004

Postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

03/2004

Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Leipzig

12/2000 – 11/2003

Doctoral student at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Junior Research Group for Cultural Ontogeny

10/2000

Diploma in Psychology, University of Trier (Topic: The development of understanding intentionality and narratives in preschool children)

1994 -2000

Study of Psychology and Philosophy at the Universities of Erlangen, Manchester and Trier

From 06/2007

Elected member of the „Junge Akademie an der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina in Berlin“.

From 10/2006

Dilthey Fellowship of the Volkswagen Foundation and the Thyssen Foundation (3- 5 years).

06/2006 – 05/2009

Joint research project “Interdisciplinary Anthropology” (with 5 other research groups), funded by the German Ministry for Science and Education (BMBF).

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02/2004 – 10/2004

Post-Doc Stipend of the Max Planck Society.

11/2003

Funding for the Workshop “Sociogenesis and Cooperation” by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.

10/1996

Exchange Scholarship of the Universities Erlangen and Manchester for an academic year at the University of Manchester.