from 09/2008: Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
2007 - 2008: Senior Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2003 - 2007 Professor, Royal Holloway College, University of London
2001 - 2003: Reader, Royal Holloway College, University of London
1996 - 2001: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
1995 - 1996: Research Assistant, European University Institute (Florence)
Habilitation in Economics (German Venia Legendi), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2001
Ph.D. in Economics, European University Institute, 1996, Advisors: Stephen Martin and Louis Phlips (EUI)
Diplom Volkswirt (M.A. in Economics), Universität Freiburg, 1992
Studies of economics and philosophy at Universität Münster, Universität Freiburg, University of Oxford (Nuffield College), European University Institute (Florence)
Ranked among top German economists working abroad, Handelsblatt, 2008
Leverhulme Research Fellowship, Leverhulme Trust, 2005
Research Grant ESRC (with D. Engelmann), 2004
Fellow at ENCORE, 2003
Research Project Grant, Leverhulme Trust, 2003
Social Sciences Research Grant, Nuffield Foundation, 2002
Humboldt Teaching Award 2001
Two year PhD grant, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 1992-1994
Various small grants of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), NATO and Verein für Socialpolitik