Christian Manger holds a Bachelor's degree (University of Cologne) and a Master's degree (University of Kiel) in History and Scandinavian Studies. He worked as a research assistant at the University of Bremen and the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven before joining the UvA as PhD candidate in 2018. As part of the project ' Managing Multi-Level Conflicts in Commercial Cities in Northern Europe (c.1350-1570)' he explores the practices and actors of conflicts in and around the cities of Lübeck, Stockholm and Reval (Tallinn) in the late middle ages.