international law at University College Maastricht, University of California (San Diego), Free University Berlin und Humboldt University Berlin. As participant of the Carlo Schmid Program he worked at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva. She gained further professional experiences with the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Collaborative Research Center Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood and NGOs in Togo, Ecuador and Berlin. As a Mercator Fellow she will focus on investments in agriculture and the search for an appropriate regulatory framework.