About
This is me.
Hello, I’m Marie, a historian by training, specializing in global economic history and the history of development, as well as postcolonial business history.
The role of Africa and Asia in the context of post-colonial development policy is particularly important to me, and I have in-depth regional knowledge of Ethiopia and West Africa.
I write, research, manage and teach, and am a mother of three.
I’m a passionate advocate of structural reforms that will make academia a better working environment for everyone. I’m dedicated to promoting the visibility of women experts across diverse backgrounds and engaging in research communication through various platforms, including social media. I love thinking about the way we work and exploring innovative approaches to research management and practice.
For a complete list of my research publications, visit my profiles on google scholar or ORCID
CV
08.2025 – 08.2026
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
A. Verville Research Fellow
04.2022 – 12.2025
Philipps Universität Marburg
Institute for History, Chair for Economic and Social History
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
03.2019 – 3.2022
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Institute for History, Chair for Economic and Social History
Principal Investigator: DFG-Project “Aviation in Postcolonial Africa” | Postdoctoral Research Fellow
10.2019 – 12.2019
Université Felix-Houphouet-Boigny, Cocody Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Visiting scholar
03.2017 – 09.2018
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Institute for African and Asian Studies
Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow
12.2015 – 07.2016
Institute for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa University
Centre Français des études éthiopiennes, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Consultant for Tourism and Heritage | Visiting Scholar
09.2014 – 06.2015
Université Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France
Visiting doctoral student
09.2013 – 12.2017
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
PhD, Doctoral Project “UNESCO World Heritage in Ethiopia”
Final grade: Magna cum laude
10.2003 – 09.2010
Technische Universität Berlin
Magistra Artium (M.A.): History and Sociology
Grants and Awards
2025
ANR-DFG TRIBECA: Tackling the Responsibility of International Business and Enterprises as Transnational Cause
2025
ERC Starting Grant “MAGIC: Manufacturing Modernity in Africa”
2019
open-access funding by the HU Berlin and the Gerda Henkel Foundation
2019
DFG Grant for a research project and temporary position as PI (“Eigene Stelle”)
2018
PostDoc Fellowship of the Humboldt University of Berlin
2014-2017
Doctoral scholarship of the Gerda Henkel Foundation