Head of Department, Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Areas of interest and research: violence, politics, dis/order, frontier, territory, political theology; South Asia, Horn of Africa.
Education: MA in Geography, RWTH Aachen; Diploma (M.Sc.) in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen; Postgraduate Certificate, Seminar für Ländliche Entwicklung (SLE), HU Berlin; PhD in Agricultural Sciences, HU Berlin.