Institute of Sociology

CV

Academic Education

2008

Dissertation Bielefeld University

2002Degree in sociology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1995-2002

Studies in sociology, cultural anthropology and political science

 

Professional Career

Since 2016

Full professor of sociology (gender studies) (W3), University of Tuebingen

2013-2016Professor of sociology (culture and knowledge) (W1), University of Trier
2010-2016

Researcher and co-chair of research project „Observing the world. The contribution of international statistics and UN world conferences to the rise of a global comparative order, 1949-2009“

2004-2012

Researcher at the Faculty of sociology, Bielefeld University

2002-2004

Researcher at the Department of Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

2001-2002Freelance news editor, Hessischer Rundfunk (radio)

Awards

2014

Prize oft the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the best German-language social science paper ("The evils of racism and the wealth of diversity" – Zum Bedeutungswandel der Rassenkategorie in den UN-Weltkonferenzen gegen Rassismus, in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie 43, 6: 402-420)

2010

Dissertation award of the German Sociological Association (DGS)

2009

Award for the best dissertation of the Faculty of sociology, Bielefeld University

2002

Qualification thesis award, German Sociological Association (DGS)