2017 | Innovative Teaching Award Award for developing an urban development decision lab |
2016 | Teaching Academy Award Co-winner of an award for research-informed teaching |
2015 | Frithjof Voss Award in Human Geography German national award for human geographers below the age of 40 in recognition of outstanding research achievements |
2015 | Richard Morrill Public Outreach Award Award for public outreach on mega-events |
2014 | Outstanding Teaching Award Second place in the student teaching awards in Geography |
2013 | Outstanding Teaching Award First place in the student teaching awards in Geography |
2012 | Prix Latsis Universitaire Annual award in recognition of outstanding research achievements |
2010 | Klaus-Mehnert-Prize of the German Association for Eastern European Studies (DGO) Annual award for the best research monograph on Eastern Europe |
2008 | Northedge Essay Award Annual paper competition of Millennium: Journal of International Studies |
2005 – 2008 | German Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Doctoral Fellowship |
2005 | Fulbright Scholarship to the United States of America (offer declined) |
2001 – 2005 | German Merit Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) |
2001 – 2005 | Scholarship for Gifted Students in Bavaria |
2001 – 2005 | Stiftung Maximilianeum |