Political Scientist, specialised on Conflict Risk Management and
Political Due Diligence

Expertise and Advisory Service
Cognitive Conflict Analysis and Dispute Settlement
Political Country Risks
Political Due Diligence
Reputational Risk Profiling
Systemic Global Risk
Regional Security Complexes
Strategic Risks, Forecasting und Future Studies

Special Skills
Situative Methods of Conflict Mediation
Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation Analysis
Psychological Analysis of Motivation and Behaviour
Strategic Risks and Political Network Analysis
Cognitive Decision and Game Theory
Qualitative Risk Analysis and Risk Communication
Pattern Recognition, Early Warning and Crisis Prevention

Comprehensive Experience
Longstanding experience as scientist, professor, reviewer, expert, and consultant in Bonn, Cambridge (USA), Rostock and Berlin
Acting Professor at the University of Stuttgart, 2009/2010
German qualification for professorship (Habilitation) in Political Science at the University of Rostock, 2008
Post-doc-fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 1998/1999
Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Political Science at the University of Bonn,1998
Academic seminars and lectures on International Politics, International Conflict Management, Comparative Political Systems, Political Risks, Regional Conflicts, Global Risks, International Security, Strategic Studies, Decision Theory, Game Theory, Negotiation Analysis, Cognitive Research
Connected to executives at universities and research institutions, think tanks and NGOs, corporations and associations, public authorities and in politics

Book Publications
Risikoeinstellungen in internationalen Konflikten (Risk Attitudes in International Conflicts, VS Social Science Publishing, Wiesbaden 2009) – Contents – Review
Konfliktregulierung in Jugoslawien 1991-1995. Die Rolle von OSZE, EU, UNO und NATO (Conflict Regulation in Yugoslavia 1991-1995, Nomos, Baden-Baden 1998) – Full Text

Articles in the Berlin Risk Brief
Reputational Due Diligence – The key to strategic risk management (with Jennifer Hanley-Giersch), Berlin Risk Brief No. 6, October 2010 (pp. 2-7 – Englisch Version)
Soziale und politische Risiken der Weltwirtschaftskrise (Social and political risk of the world economic crisis), Berlin Risk Brief No. 4, March 2009 (pp. 2-6)
Krisenjahr 2008 und die Zukunft des Risikomanagements (The Crisis in 2008 and the future of risk management), Berlin Risk Brief No. 3, December 2008 (pp. 2-4)
Die Dominikanische Republik – Eine stabile Demokratie vor großen Herausforderungen (The Dominican Republic – A stable democracy facing great challenges), Berlin Risk Brief No. 3, December 2008 (pp.12-13)
Kooperative Klimapolitik (Cooperative climate policy), Berlin Risk Brief No. 2, August 2008 (pp. 2-7)
Conflict and Risk Management in the Balkans, Berlin Risk Brief No. 1, May 2008 (pp. 2-7)
Konfliktrisiken in Tarifverhandlungen mit Berufsgewerkschaften (Conflict risks in collective bargaining with trade unions, with Hagen Lesch), Berlin Risk Brief No.1, May 2008 (pp. 11-13)