Research
Books, Edited Volumes, Working Papers
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The Present and Future of Pandemic Technologies
Journal of Medical Internet Research (Theme Issue).
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Technologien der Krise. Die COVID-19-Pandemie als Katalysator neuer Formen der Vernetzung
Bielefeld: transcript, 203 pages.
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Intersexualität im Sport: Mediale und medizinische Körperpolitiken
Bielefeld: transcript, 459 pages.
Selected Journal Articles, Book Chapters
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Herculine Barbin revisited — Klassifikationen geschlechtlicher Variationen aus dem Geist der Moderne
In: Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Kollektivwissenschaft (ZKKW) 12(1): 49–76.
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Gender Diversity in Sport: Between Pluralization and Polarization
In: Sport and Society (forthcoming).
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Pregnancy in Individuals with Differences of Sex Development: A Systematic Review
In: Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (under review).
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Die Vermessung von Geschlecht im Sport und der Umgang mit kategorialen Transgressionen
In: Robert Schmidt, Max Weigelin, David Kempf (Eds.): Leistungsvergleiche und evaluative Praktiken. Sport als instruktiver Fall für eine Soziologie der Bewertung. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 93–123.
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The Role of Transparency in Digital Contact Tracing during COVID-19: Insights from an Expert Survey
In: Health Care Analysis.
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Challenging the Binary: Gender, Fraud, and the Complexities of Categorization in Elite Sports
In: Richard Kühl, Daniela Link, Lisa Heiberger (Eds.): Sexualitäten und Geschlechter. Historische Perspektiven im Wandel. Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 347–365.
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Time to Abolish Gender Boundaries in Elite Sports? A Plea for Structural Reflection
Sport und Gesellschaft – Sport and Society 20(2): 195–206.
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Smartphone Apps for Containing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany: Qualitative Interview Study with Experts Based on Grounded Theory
Journal of Medical Internet Research 25; e45549: 1–11.
DOI: 10.2196/45549
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Solidarity as an Empirical-Ethical Framework for the Analysis of Contact Tracing Apps — A Novel Approach
Philosophy & Technology 36, 44.
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Cultural Implications Regarding Privacy in Digital Contact Tracing Algorithms: Method Development and Empirical Ethics Analysis of a German and a Japanese Approach to Contact Tracing
Journal of Medical Internet Research 25: e45112: 1–13.
DOI: 10.2196/45112
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Queer Studies
In: Robert Gugutzer, Gabriele Klein, Michael Meuser (Eds.): Handbuch Körpersoziologie, Band 1. Wiesbaden: Springer, pp. 395–409.
Lead of Conferences, Chairs, Sessions
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Lead organizer of the international conference “Resilient Societies in Times of Uncertainty: From Conceptual Foundation to Societal Implementation”
Kyoto University, March 17–19, 2027 (together with Prof. Dr. Satoshi Kodama, Kyoto).
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Chair of the invited symposium “What is fair? Gender diversity in sport between equal opportunity and self-determination”
27th Sport Science University Day of the German Society of Sport Science (dvs), under the overarching theme “Sport Science: Diversity and Sustainability!?” — University of Münster, September 16–19, 2025.
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Lead organizer of the international conference “Crises and Resilience: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Germany and Japan”
University of Münster, August 25–26, 2025 — DFG-funded project RE-CARE (together with Dr. Markus Bohlmann, Dr. Gabriel Bartl, Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide).
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Lead organizer of the international conference “Resilient Healthcare: Perspectives on the Intersections of Crises, Health, and Technology from Germany and Japan”
University of Tokyo, March 24–25, 2025 — DFG project RE-CARE (together with Prof. Dr. Shigeto Yonemura, Prof. Dr. Susanne Brucksch).
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Chair of the session “Presentation of a new initiative: Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises: Connecting Germany and Japan (RE-CARE)”
The 9th Japanese-German University Presidents’ Conference: “What Opportunities and Challenges does Artificial Intelligence offer to the Higher Education Sector?” — September 21–22, 2023, Göttingen.
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Chair of the invited symposium “Intersex and Transgender in Elite and Amateur Sports”
Sports, Medicine and Health Summit, June 22–24, 2023, Hamburg — together with Anette Richter-Unruh and Tim Meyer.
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Lead organizer of the international conference “Digital Technologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transnational Dialogue between Germany and Japan”
March 14–18, 2022, Bochum — together with Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide, Davide Viero and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jochen Vollmann.
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Lead organizer of the online conference “‘You had a Risk Contact’ — Ethical and Social Dimensions of Digital Contact Tracing”
September 17, 2021, Bochum — together with Dr. Joschka Haltaufderheide, Elisabeth Brachem, Isabella D’Angelo and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jochen Vollmann.
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Chair of the invited symposium “Intersex in Elite Sport”
Sports, Medicine and Health Summit, April 23, 2021, Hamburg — together with Prof. Dr. Annette Richter-Unruh.
Selected Talks
2026
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Den Sport neu sortieren? — Eine soziologische Standortbestimmung zur Situation von tin* Personen
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB), TIN* working group, Fachimpuls — Frankfurt am Main, July 24, 2026.
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Jenseits von männlich und weiblich? Geschlechterklassifikation, Fairness und Ausschlüsse im Sport
LAG Queer Hamburg, March 21, 2026.
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Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises (RE-CARE)
Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Dynamics (IMMIDD), Münster, March 16, 2026.
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Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises (RE-CARE)
Poster presentation, “Connecting Disciplines Through Shared Methods (CDSC)”, February 9, 2026, Münster (together with Malina Spieker).
2025
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Regulierung von Sexdiversity in einer geschlechterbinären Sportwelt
Invited presentation, “Zwischenräume: Geschlechterdiversität in der Wissenschaft, Medizin und Gesellschaft”, public lecture series of the SFB “Sexdiversity” (SFB 1665), Lübeck, December 3, 2025.
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“Was ist fair?” Geschlechterdiversität im Sport und die Herausforderungen der Chancengleichheit
Invited presentation, Hamburger Sportbund, October 10, 2025, Hamburg.
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Die numerische Vermessung von Geschlechtervariationen im modernen Leistungssport
27th Sport Science University Day of the German Society of Sport Science (dvs), “Sport Science: Diversity and Sustainability!?”, September 16–19, 2025, Münster.
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The Treatment of Gender Diverse People in Sport as a Crisis of Classification
International conference “Crises and Resilience: Multidisciplinary Perspectives from Germany and Japan”, University of Münster, August 25–26, 2025 — DFG project RE-CARE.
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Classifying People as Risks in Pandemics — Perspectives from the Social Sciences (opening talk)
International conference “Resilient Healthcare: Perspectives on the Intersections of Crises, Health, and Technology from Germany and Japan”, University of Tokyo, March 24–25, 2025 — DFG project RE-CARE.
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Polarisierte Pluralisierung — Die Situation von inter- und transgeschlechtlichen Menschen im Sport
University of Würzburg (invited talk), January 16, 2025.
2024
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Soziologische Perspektiven auf die Kategorisierung von Geschlecht im Sport und den Umgang mit “Category Errors”
University of Oldenburg (invited talk), December 18, 2024.
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Kategoriale Ambiguitäten — oder die Vermessung der Geschlechter im Sport und der Umgang mit kategorialen Transgressionen
“Klassen, Klassifikationen, Klassifizierungen”, section conference of the German Sociological Association, September 23–25, 2024, University of Osnabrück.
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Geschlechtliche und sexuelle Vielfalt im Sport
“Gegenwind”, federal programme “Demokratie Leben!”, invited talk organised by LSVD Saar, FrauenGenderBibliothek Saar, Queer-Referat des AStA der Universität des Saarlandes and Landessportverband Saarland — University of Saarland, June 27, 2024.
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Der Balanceakt zwischen Diversität und Binarität: Der Umgang mit geschlechtlichen Variationen und Transgressionen im Sport
Diversity Week at the University of Cologne, June 3–7, 2024.
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Artificial Intelligence in Sports Studies: Insights from a Quantitative Survey among Sports Students in Germany (poster presentation)
“AI Research Expo by CENOS and INTERKI”, Münster, April 23, 2024.
2023
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Geschlechtstests als zeitgenössische Diskursformationen
“Sports, Medicine and Health Summit”, Hamburg, June 22, 2023.
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Die Kategorisierung nichtbinärer Körper in Sport und Medizin im Lichte der Vielfaltsgesellschaft
Lecture series “Sportwissenschaftlicher Austausch in Hamburg”, Hamburg, June 21, 2023.
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Herausforderungen der Vielfaltsgesellschaft — Umgang mit Geschlechterdiversität in Sport und Medizin
Lecture series “Was Gesellschaft über Diskriminierung wissen kann …”, Göttingen, June 6, 2023.
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Digital Technologies in Times of Crises. A cultural dialogue between Germany and Japan
Teikyō University, Japan, March 8, 2023.
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Überlegungen zur impliziten Exklusivität von Vergleichen am Beispiel der Geschlechtstests in der professionellen Leichtathletik
“Sport, Spiel und fairer Wettbewerb — Modelle des Klassifizierens, Vergleichens, Bewertens und Entscheidens”, DFG project workshop “Accounting und transformatorische Effekte im Profifußball”, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, February 10–11, 2023.
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Ambivalente Geschlechter? Der gesellschaftliche Umgang mit Nichtbinarität am Beispiel der Behandlung von intersexuellen Körpern in Sport und Medizin
Lecture series “Geschichte und Gegenwart der Geschlechterverhältnisse”, Georg-August-University Göttingen, January 13, 2023.













