nationality: German
          date of birth: 15.08.1977
          academic degrees:

          BSc International Relations (from LSE) - 2002
          MSc Political Sociology (from LSE)  - 2003

          academic interest:

          power, domination and emancipation - what motivates people to get involved
          in politics / titel of Masters thesis: "Power (to) in movement. A power
          analysis of the London Peace Demonstration on February 15th, 2003"

          political involvement (a selection):

          - campaign coordinator for the Hamburg referendum campaign to introduce a
            more democratic electoral system  (Jan 2004 - July 2004)
          - active in the organisation Mehr Demokratie e.V. - Hamburg
          - involved in organising an Internet project to monitor Hamburg's MPs
          - active in the anti-war movement (afghanistan / iraq)
            and the German anti-nuclear movement
          - participant of the first ESF in Florence 2002