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AREAS OF EXPERTISE European and International Non-proliferation Policies of WMD and Terrorism; Methods and Means of Warfare (e.g. Ban on Cluster Munitions); Protecting Women and Children in Armed Conflicts CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS Armed Forces Transformation in Germany; Preventing and Combating Maritime Piracy; Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and German Armed Forces; Banning Cluster Munitions PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Research Associate in International Law and International Humanitarian Law at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum, since 2010 Lecturer in Law and Candidate for Habilitation at the Faculty of Law, Ruhr University Bochum, Habilitation treatise: “Transformation of the German Armed Forces”, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Adelheid Puttler, LL.M., Chair of Public Law, and Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Heintze, Senior Lecturer in International Law, IFHV, since 2010 Research Associate in International Law at the Chair of International Law, European Union Law and International Relations, Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine von Schorlemer, Research Center “United Nations”, Faculty of Law, University of Dresden, 2004-2009 PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Consultant of the United Nations Association of Germany, Berlin, 2009, organization of the international symposium “20th Anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” Observer, Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, Dublin, May 2008, honored (travel costs) by the Association of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden e.V. Trainee Lawyer at the Legal Department, State Office of Criminal Investigation, Dresden, Feb.-March 2004, at the law firm John Wilson Partners, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 2002-April 2003, and at the District Court of Chemnitz, May 2001-May 2003 AWARDS/HONORS Dissertation Award (“Helmuth-James-von-Moltke-Preis”) 2011 of the German Society for Military Law and the Law of War, 2012 Nomination for the Young College of the North-Rhine Westphalian Academy for Sciences by the rector’s office of the Ruhr University Bochum, 2011 Manager of the research project “Fiduciary Duty and Armed Forces”, funded by Rectorate, Scheme to Support Specific Activities of Young Researchers, since 2010 Dissertation honored (printing costs) by the Department on International Law, Federal Foreign Office, 2010 Book “Global Risks – Progress by Developing Structures of World Order through Law, Economics and Politics” honored (printing costs) by Vattenfall Europe AG, 2008 Participation at the Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, Dublin, May 2008, honored (travel costs) by the Association of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden e.V., 2008 PUBLICATIONS List of publications [PDF]
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