Education and Work Experience
- University of Salzburg, History and Political Science, Mag. Phil. (M.phil) 1997, Dr. phil. (Ph.D.) 2003 (with honours)
- Guest lecturer at the University of Salzburg, 2004–2008
- Guest Researcher at the Institute for Peace Support and Conflict Management at the National Defense Academy, Vienna, 2006
- since June 2007 Junior Assistant Professor at the Institute of Contemporary history, University of Innsbruck
Fields of Research and Teaching
Postcolonial African History, Conflict and Conflict Management in postcolonial Africa, African Integration, Nationbuilding in postcolonial Societies, African Liberation Movements and the Cold War
Professional Services
- Member of the International Relations Board, University of Innsbruck
- Representative of the Faculty of Humanities in the Council for Foreign Scholarships
- Academic Co-ordinator of the exchange program with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
Honours, Awards & Fellowships
- numerous foreign scholarships for research-projects abroad
Memberships
- Innsbrucker Forum Entwicklungsforschung (IFEF), founding member
- Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften (VAD)
- „Weltordnung und Extreme“ – Cluster within the research-platform politik – religion – kunst of the University of Innsbruck
Selected Publications
- Streit um Einheit, in: Andreas Exenberger (ed.), Afrika – Kontinent der Extreme? Innsbruck 2011
- Ethnicity as Stumbling Block in Postcolonial African Nationbuilding, in: Wolfgang Zach und Ulrich Pallua (eds.), Racism, Slavery, and Literature, Frankfurt u. a. 2010, pp. 61–72
- Qualitative Konfliktanalyse – Wider den Trend zu monokausalen Erklärungsansätzen, in: Ingrid Böhler/Eva Pfanzelter/Thomas Spielbüchler/Rolf Steininger (eds.), 7. Österreichischer Zeitgeschichtetag 2008. 1968 – Vorgeschichte – Folgen. Bestandsaufnahme der österreichischen Zeitgeschichte, Innsbruck - Wien - Bozen 2010, pp. 719–725
- Das Scheitern des afrikanischen Konfliktmanagements. Innsbrucker Diskussionspapiere zu Politik, Religion und Kunst, IDPRK 38, November 2010, [http://www.uibk.ac.at/politik-religion-kunst/idprk/38.pdf]
- Afrikanischer Teufelskreislauf? Ein roter Faden durch die postkoloniale Geschichte des Kontinents. In: zeitgeschichte 36 (2009), issue 1, pp. 4–19
Detailed list of publications and activities
Research Performance Documentation database (FLD)