Research Foci
  • Sociology of sport
  • Sociology of health
  • Sociology of gender
  • Sociology of medicine
CV

Academic Education

Habilitation, University of Hamburg, and venia legendi for Sociology of Sport and Health Sciences
PhD, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Unit “Culture, Media and Society / Sociology” (summa cum laude)
M.A. in Sociology, with minors in Cultural Anthropology and Education, University of Münster

Positions

Visiting researcher, Nord University, Norway
Visiting researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan
Senior Researcher, University of Münster
Professor, Sociology of Sport and Health (interim W2), University of Göttingen
Visiting researcher, Teikyo University Tokyo, Japan
Research Associate in Hamburg, Lüneburg und Bochum
Lecturer in Social and Cultural Anthropology and in Education, University of Münster
Student Assistant, Institute for Sex Research, University Medical Center Hamburg

Prizes

Teaching Award, Social Sciences – University of Göttingen
Teaching Award, Social Sciences – University of Göttingen
Fellow of the Global Young Faculty – Mercator Research
DOSB Research Award (bronze) – German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB)
Dissertation Award of the Section for Sociology of the Body and Sports (1st prize) – German Sociological Association (DGS)

Functions and Memberships

German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), TIN Working Group* (Member)
Committee for Gender Equality in Sport Science of the German Society of Sport Science (Member)
The German Society for Philosophy, working group "Philosophy of Digitality" (Member)
DFG International Network "Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises" (Founder)
The Lower Saxony State Sports Association, project “Vielfalt in Bewegung” (Advisory Board)
Interdisciplinary Commitee Medical Treatment of Intersex/DSD Children, according to BGB 1631e (Advisory Board)
Academy for Ethics in Medicine (Member)
German Society of Sport Science (dvs) (Member)
German Sociological Association (Member)
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