My teaching philosophy is a student-centred Socratic approach. 

Born and raised in Germany, my teaching philosophy is shaped by the German tradition of Bildung. Education is a process of intellectual exploration, self-reflection and the formation of independent opinions. 

I bring my unique approach to undergraduate and postgraduate lectures and seminars to help students connect theoretical arguments with historical change and contemporary political problems.

I taught International Relations theory, economic statecraft, security studies, global governance,  German National Socialism, American political history, Cold War and international political history and sociology.

My teaching has been recognised through the Postgraduate Teaching Award, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, pedagogical funding and publication in the Palgrave Handbook on the Pedagogy of International Relations Theory.

Module Convenor

Politics and International Relations FP009 (2024- 2026), University of Warwick

Understanding Society FP036 (2025-2026), University of Warwick                                                                                                          

Hitler and the Third Reich MLAC1159 (2022-2024), University of Nottingham                                                                          

American Violence: A History AMCS2051 (2020-2021), University of Nottingham 

Teaching Assistant

Security Studies POLI20332 (2023-2024), University of Manchester

Global Politics, Governance and Security POSO082 (2023-2024), Birkbeck, University of London      

Introduction to International Politics POLI10601 (2023-2025), University of Manchester

International Politics in the Twentieth-Century POLI2049 (2021-2022), University of Nottingham 

Global Security POLI2042 (2021-2022), University of Nottingham                                                                                  

Problems with Academic Writing (2021-2022), University of Nottingham                                                                      

Guest Lectures

“A Taste of Politics: Theorising in International Relations” (July 2025)

Pre-University Summer School 2025, University of Warwick

“Exploring Culture and Society in the UK through the lens of Politics” 

Warwick Summer School 2025, University of Warwick

“Intermestic Politics and International Relations: Culture and Counterculture” (March 2022)                                    

For the module International Politics in the Twentieth-Century, SPIR

“Power in International Politics” (June 2021)

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham