• Theories und methods of Religious and Cultural Studies
• Sociology of Religion
• modern institutional 'frames' of "religion? - religion and secularity
• the relation(s) of "religion" and "culture"
• modern forms of religion
• 'New Age' and 'New Religious Movements'

Forschungsschwerpunkte:

PhD-project:

Religious non-conformity and laïcité - Cultural conflicts about 'religion'- the example of 'les Guerres des Sectes'in France

Veröffentlichungen:

"Religio-spiritual strategies of self-help and empowerment in everyday life. Selected cases of spirituality in Germany." In: Ahlbeck, Tore and Dahla, Björn: Post-Secular Religious Practices. Donnerska Institutet 2012, p.178-200.

Presentations [sel.]

'Action-Response-Areas' within Frances conflicts about "sectes"'. EASR-Konferenz 'Ends and Beginnings', Södertörn Universität Stockholm, 23.-26.-8. 2012.

'NRM in France and the use of digital media as counter-strategy against social and legal exclusion'. Digital Religion: Conference organised by Donnerska-Institutet, Abo-Turku 2012.

'New Religious Movements and the French "Anti-Cult"-Legislation'. 3rd Annual PhD students day on law and religion, Oxford-Brookes, September 2011.

Neue Religiöse Bewegungen in Frankreich - Rechtsetzung und -anwendung'. Doktorandenwerkstatt Marburg, Februar 2011.

'New Age' Religion in practical life: In comparison with the German Peace Movement in the 1980s?. IAHR, August 2010/Toronto.