Areas of Specialization:
development studies, spatial anthropology, economic anthropology, methodology, ethnicity and ethnic conflict, West African area studies.
Qualification
Habilitation 2008 (Anthropology), University of Leipzig.
Ph.D. 2000 (Anthropology), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt.
M.A. (Magister) 1995 (Sociology and Anthropology), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt.