Professional Experience

since October 2023
Policy Officer at the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Belfast

July 2022 - July 2023
Human Rights Officer at the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Belfast

August 2019 - September 2021
Success Specialist at Salesforce, Dublin

November 2018 - June 2019
Senior Primary Language Advisor at Squarespace, Dublin

March 2017 - October 2018
Customer Operations Advisor/ Language Point Person German at Squarespace

September 2016 - March 2017
Customer Operations Advisor at Squarespace

July 2013 – July 2016
Translation and Proofreading in English, Institute for Political Science, University of Heidelberg

April 2011 – March 2014
Head of Research Group ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’ at Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)

• supervised six student researchers working on political conflicts in Central Africa

• member of the Editorial Team of the Conflict Barometer 2012 and 2013

• in charge of communication with external academic advisors
  

August/ September 2012
Research Intern at Konrad-Adenauer Foundation Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2010 - 2021
Volunteer Researcher at Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK), Sub-Saharan Africa

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Law, BPP University (2023/24)

LLM Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast (2021/22)

Postgraduate Diploma in Conflict and Dispute Resolution Studies, Trinity College Dublin (2020/21)

ProSci Change Management Practitioner (August 2020)

Diploma in Negotiation and Conflict Management, IBAT Dublin (2018)

B.A. Political Science and Philosophy, Heidelberg University, Germany (2009 - 2013)

State University Saint Petersburg, Russia (2011/12)

Languages

English & German - fluent
French - intermediate (B2)
Russian - intermediate (TRKI II)

Volunteering

Sep 2023 - Feb 24
Casework Volunteer at Advocate, the Bar of England and Wales’ pro bono charity

2022 - 2023
Support Worker at Rape Crisis Northern Ireland