CRC 806 - Project Affiliation:

Project E3: Anthropological Models for a Reconstruction of the First African Frontier

Scientific Interests:

• Evolution of Cooperation
• Network Analysis
• Decision-Making
• Agent-Based Modeling
• Complex Systems Theory
• Cognitive Anthropology

Ph.D. Research Topic:

Application of agent-based modeling in anthropological research
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Widlok

Education:

• Since July 2017: Ph.D. student in the E3 project of the SFB 806, University of Cologne.
• 2014-2017: Scientific assistant in the E3 project of the SFB 806, University of Cologne.
• 2006-2014: Software Developer in a small sized business
• M.A. thesis: Patron-Klient Beziehungen in Südostasien mit Schwerpukt auf das Sultanat von Sulu im 19. Jahrhundert (Patron-client relations with a special focus on the sultanat of Sulu in the 19th century)
  
• 2000-2006: University of Cologne, Anthropology, Sociology, Indonesian Philology, Philosophy

Conferences / Talks:

• Obligation and Chance in Hunter-Gatherer Decision-Making. Talk given at theCHAGS (Conference of Hunting and Gathering Societies) 12, Penang (Malaysia), July 23-27 2018
• Horizons of decision making: futures, uncertainties and choices in hunter-gatherer lifeworlds. Panel organized at the CHAGS (Conference of Hunting and Gathering Societies) 12, Penang (Malaysia), July 23-27 2018
• Perspectives on spatial mobility of hunter-gatherers. Workshop organized together with Ute Dieckmann, University of Cologne, December 14.-15 2017
• Modelling Hunter-Gatherer Mobility in Agent-Based SimulationsTalk given at theCHAGS (Conference of Hunting and Gathering Societies) 11, Vienna (Austria), September 7-11 2015
• Jagen oder Sammeln oder Jagen und Sammeln: Mobilitätsmuster durch veränderte Subsistenzstrategien in einem 'agent-based model' (Together with Prof. Dr. Thomas Widlok and Martin Solich). Talk given at the 8. Deutscher Archäologiekongress, Berlin, October -10 2014
• Considering Cultural Complexity in Agent-Based Modeling. Workshop orgnized together with Martin Solich, University of Cologne, October 23-24 2015 HTTPS://abmculture.uni-koeln.de/