Timo has worked as a researcher at the The Expert Council on Integration and Migration (SVR) in Berlin, Germany, where he conducted quantitative and qualitative research on the political integration of migrants, public attitudes on migration, drivers of migration, and EU policies of migration control. Also in Berlin, Timo was a Migration Research Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, where his research focused on the integration of refugees in Germany. He has published policy briefs, articles and studies and has been featured in Der Spiegel, Forbes, and other news outlets. Timo holds an M.A. from Humboldt University of Berlin and a Ph.D. from Free University Berlin.