After finishing a B.A. in European Studies I started working at the Institute for Police and Security Research (IPoS - www.ipos.bremen.de) at the University for Applied Sciences and Public Administration (HfÖV - www.hfoev.bremen.de) in Bremen. After holding the position as a research assistant in the project “Mediation and Restorative Justice in Prison Settings” (MEREPS) and the position as a contractor of work in the context of evaluating a local political action plan successfully, I was able to ascend to the position of a lead researcher and project manager in two projects in 2012. Both projects are concerned with Restorative Justice issues. “Restorative Justice in Europe: Safeguarding Victims and Empowering Professionals” (RJE – www.rj4all.info), funded by the Criminal Justice Program of the European Union, deals with the EU Victims Directive, its impact on Restorative Justice Services and its implementation throughout Europe. The other project (“Bundesweite Täter-Opfer-Ausgleich-Statistik”) is funded by the Bundesministerium für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz and deals with the development and maintenance of a federal statistic for victim-offender-mediation in Germany. Above this I am assisting the leader of the institute in matters of internal administrative tasks, in the supervision of interns and research assistants and in many further internal and external matters.