• Political Sociology
• Economic Sociology of Illegal Markets
• Sociological Theory
• Qualitative research methods
• Sociology of Law

• Illegal Markets
• Politics and Law Enforcement
• Fashion Industry
• Informal State

2020 Habilitation in Sociology at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

2008 PhD in Politics at the University of Rostock, Germany

2002 Licenciatura in Sociology at the University Del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina 

From 2020: Senior Researcher, Institute of Sociology at the University of St. Gallen  

2011 – 2020: Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne  

2010 – 2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GIGA Institute of Latin American Studies, Hamburg  

2004 – 2009: PhD Student, Social Science Faculty, Rostock University  

2002 – 2003: Research Assistant, University of Salvador, Argentina  

2001 – 2002: Trainee, Interdisciplinary Center for Latin American Development, Argentina 

FS2021: Soziologie der Illegalität

HS2020: Sociology of Illegality

FS2019: Wirtschaftssoziologie illegaler Märkte, University of Duisburg-Essen (BA)

2016: Markets and Time, University of Cologne (MA)

2014/2015: Sociology of Fashion, University of Cologne (MA)  

2009: Introduction to Luhmann‘s Theory of Systems, University Del Salvador, Argentina (BA)

2009: Sociology of Law and Luhmann’s Theory of Systems, University Del Salvador, Argentina (BA)

2002 – 2003: Social Theory, University Del Salvador, Argentina (BA) 

2021-2022: In the shadows: explaining the rise of fast-fashion sweatshop- based economies in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires 

2011-2020: Illegal Markets under Crisis Conditions. Carried out at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies  

• Board Member of the Economic Sociology Research Network, European Sociological Association
• “Global Ambassador” (Germany), Economic Sociology Section, American Sociological Association
• Member of the Max Planck Partner Group for the Sociology of Economic Life at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences