CV

Research Areas

  • sience and technology studies, sociology of technology, sociology of science, cultural sociology
  • human-machine interaction
    • HRI
    • HCI
    • theory & methods
  • qualitative methods and methodology
  • participatory and transdisciplinary methods in science and science communication

Career history

since 10/2022Juniorprofessor „Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Technik“, Chemnitz University of Technology

10/2019-09/2022

Research Group Leader BMBF NWG „Nebeneinander wird Miteinander“ (FKZ 16SV7116), Chemnitz University of Technology

04/2019-09/2019

Interim Professorship „Media Communication“, Chemnitz University of Technology

01/2016-04/2019

Post-Doc „Interdisciplinary Capacity Building for Human-Machine Interaction“, Chair for Media Informatics, Chemnitz University of Technology

04/2012-12/2015

Research Assistant Chair „Media Communication“, interdisciplinary Graduate School „Crossworlds“, Chemnitz University of Technology

10/2007-02/2012

Student Assistant, Chair „Cultural Sociology“, University of Leipzig

Calls, list positions

02/2022Call for „Soziologie mit Schwerpunkt Technik“ (W1) at the Chemnitz University of Technology (accepted)
07/

2021

List position 2 in the appointment procedure „Digital Cultures“ (W1 tt W3) at the Bauhaus University Weimar

09/2019

List position 2 in the appointment procedure „Micro-Sociology and techno-social Interaction“ (W1 tt W3) at the TU Dresden

Qualifications

2015-2017

Certificate „University Teaching Didactics“

2012-2016

Doctorate Dr. phil. at the Faculty of Philosophy of the TU Chemnitz, Overall grade: summa cum laude

2009-2012

Master’s program „Cultural Studies“ University of Leipzig Overall grade: 1.1

2006-2009

Bachelor program „Social Sciences & Philosophy: Core Subject Cultural Studies“ University of Leipzig Overall grade: 1.3

Third Party Funding

Research

  • 2023 „Simplications“, BMBF, 445.000 EUR (collaborative project; coordinator)
  • 2022 „NUMIC2.0“, BMBF, 225.000 EUR (collaborative project)
  • 2022 „Chancen und Grenzen der Partizipation in der Wissenschaft“, BMBF (01PA2201B), 67.000 EUR (collaborative project)
  • 2020, „Nachwuchsforschergruppe ‚miteinander“, BMBF (16SV7116), 547.000 EUR (individual project)
  • 2018, „ReThiCare – Rethinking Care Robots“, VolkswagenStiftung, 185.000 EUR (collaborative project)
  • 2018, „Mitmach_X“, BMBF (16ITA211), 390.000 EUR (individual project)
  • 2018, „Netzwerk Integrierte Forschung“, BMBF, 94.000 EUR (collaborative project)
  • 2014, Travel Funding, DAAD, 7.500 EUR
  • 2007-2012, Scholarship, Studienstiftung d. dt. Volkes, 10.000 EUR

Teaching

  • 2019-20, „Forschendes Lernen: Leipziger Podcast-Ethnografie“, Universität Leipzig, 10.000 EUR (individual project)
  • 2016, „Medien und Asyl“, BMBF und Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum Sachsen, 16.500 EUR (collaborative project)

Communication & Transfer

  • 2022, „TUC SciCast“ Season 5, Initiativbudget des Rektorats der TU Chemnitz, 18.500 EUR
  • 2021, „TUC SciCast“ Season 4, Initiativbudget des Rektorats der TU Chemnitz, 17.500 EUR
  • 2020, „TUC SciCast“ Season 3, Initiativbudget des Rektorats der TU Chemnitz, 15.000 EUR
  • 2019, „TUC SciCast“ Season 2, Initiativbudget des Rektorats der TU Chemnitz, 15.000 EUR
  • 2018, „TUC SciCast“ Season 1, Initiativbudget des Rektorats der TU Chemnitz, 12.500 EUR

Scholarships, Awards

  • Short List „Let’s get digital“-Award 2022; Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation e.V
  • Transfer Award of the TU Chemnitz in the category „Science Communication“ 2021
  • Award of the „Dresdner Gesprächskreises der Wirtschaft und der Wissenschaft e.V.“ 2017 for outstanding dissertations avout communication
  • Dissertation Award 2017 of the Commerzbank branch Chemnitz for outstanding junior researchers
  • Teaching Award of the Saxonian State 2016 (w/ Dr. Vivien Sommer)
  • DAAD Doctorate Scholarship for Research Stay 2014 (Yale University, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Washington)
  • Scholarship Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes 2007–2012