Since 2015
Research Associate, Department of Iberian and Latin American History at the University of Cologne

2014
Fellow of the Research Network for Latin America – Ethnicity, Citizenship, Belonging. Research project: "Negotiations of citizenship in the mining areas of the Bolivian highlands"; field research in the indigenous communities of the Bolivian highlands for three months

2007 - 2013
PhD in Political Sciences (Dr. rer. pol.) at the University of Rostock. Topic: “Political consequences of the internal migration in Bolivia”. Tutors Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Werz (University of Rostock) and Prof. Dr. Barbara Potthast (University of Cologne), DAAD Fellow

2005 - 2006
Visiting Researcher at the Department of Iberian and Latin American History of the University of Cologne. Research topic "The use of discourse in the proposals for autonomy in Bolivia. DAAD Fellow

1997 - 2004
Studies in Sociology (Licenciatura en Sociología) at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia

1997-2004
Studies in Economics (Licenciatura en Economía) at the Universidad Católica Boliviana (UCB), La Paz, Bolivia