Studied Ethnology, Protestant Theology, and Southeastern European Studies in Halle und Jena (Germany). She did her doctorate in Jena on the topic “The Ambiguity of a Ahared Religious Place. An Ethnographic Case Study on the Monastery Sveti Naum in Ohrid (Macedonia)”. Her research interests include: the history of religion in Southeastern Europe, contacts of religion, as well as religious and ethnic minorities.