US politics and culture
US conservatism
Libertarianism (Ayn Rand)
Populism
Politics and literature
US politics and political culture
Conservatism
Libertarianism
Populism
Politics and literature
Habilitation/Privatdozentin (PD) in American Studies, University of St.Gallen, 2018
Research visits at UCD (Ireland), University of Virginia, Amherst College, and at the University of Notre Dame
Certificate in Advanced Studies (CAS) in Teaching and Learning for Higher Education, University of St.Gallen, 2020
Dr. rer.publ. (Political Science), summa cum laude, University of St.Gallen, 2010
M.A. in International Affairs, University of St.Gallen, 2006
Exchange semester at Sciences Po, Paris
B.A. in International Affairs, University of St.Gallen, 2004
Visiting Researcher, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Visiting PostDoc Researcher, Amherst College (SNF Fellow), Amherst, Massachusetts
Visiting PostDoc Researcher (SNF Fellow), Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Visiting Fellow PostDoc, UCD Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
Visiting Professor, Keio University, Tokyo
Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
American Political Science Association APSA
Association for Political Theory APT
European Association of American Studies EAAS
Northeastern Political Science Association NPSA
Philip Roth Society
Swiss Association of North American Studies SANAS
Schweizerische Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft SVPW
Research Award Walter Enggist of the Canton Thurgau, 2023.
Post-doctoral Scholarship by the Janggen-Pöhn-Stiftung, Feb. 2013-Jan. 2014.
F.A. Hayek Grant, Institute for Humane Studies, 2011.
SNF Fellowship for Prospective Researchers (2010-2012).
Dr. Rudolf Mäder Prize for the best dissertation in law and political science at the University of St. Gallen in 2010.
Senior Lecturer in American Political Thought and Culture