7/2007 - 11/2007 visiting fellow: Foundation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris; research topics: French Role in European Security and Defence Policy, esp. military crisis management and defence industrial policies.

since 6/2005 Ph.D. candidate: Prof. Daase, Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich.

2007 short term study: Battlegroups and logistics: implications of the notions of deployability and sustainability. Commissioned by the Subcommittee „Security and Defence“ of the European Parliament, financial approval pending.

Since 1/2007 short-term project at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for political sciences, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich: Achieving a virtual face - an internet presence for the ESFPS Programme. funded by the Volkswagen Stiftung.

11 - 12/2006 visiting staff: Politico-Military Unit, Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU, Brussels; focus: planning & decision making and implementation of rapid response operations.

10 - 11/2006 visiting fellow: International Security Information Service (ISIS-Europe), Brussels; research topic: Arms export controls within the European Union.

5 - 8/2006 visiting fellow: Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London (RUSI): research topic: European defence cooperation.

1 - 4/2006 visiting fellow: Institute for Security Studies of the European Union, Paris (ISS-EU): research topic: Towards an EU Transfer Regime on Military Goods.

2004 - 2005 consultant: Security Policy and Human Rights: Human Rights and European Security and Defence Policy, UN-Operations and foreign deployment of German Armed Forces, German Institute for Human Rights, Berlin.

2003 - 2004 research fellow: „Collateral Damage“ - The Impacts of Modern Warfare; Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy – Hamburg (IFSH).

2001 - 2003 research fellow: The Future of Arms Control, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy – Hamburg (IFSH).