German-Japanese Collaboration on Crises, Technology and Resilience
Qualitative and Mixed-Methods (discourse analysis, ethnography, AI-assisted data analysis, interview-based research, scoping and systematic reviews, grounded theory)
Academic Education
Since 2020
Habilitation Project
2019
PhD (Dr. phil.), University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Unit “Culture, Media and Society / Sociology” with the study “Intersex in Sports“
2010
M.A. in Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Educational Science in Münster and Augsburg
Awards
2023
Teaching Award, Social Sciences, University of Göttingen
2022
Teaching Award, Social Sciences, University of Göttingen
2021
Fellow, Global Young Faculty, Mercator Research
2020
PhD Thesis Award, German Sociological Association, Sociology of the Body and Sports
2020
German Olympic Sports Confederation Research Award (3rd Place)
Previous Review Activies
International Journal of the History of Sport
Sport and Society (Sport und Gesellschaft)
German Society of Sport Science
German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
Big Data & Society
Digital Culture & Society
Digital Government: Research and Practice
International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
Quality of Life Research Journal
BMC Medical Ethics
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Journal of Medical Ethics
Journal of Asian Public Policy
German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung)
Postdoctoral Researcher & Research Coordinator, University of Münster
02/2026
Visiting Researcher, Nord University (Bodø), Norway
03/2025-04/2025
Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan
04/2022-09/2023
Professor, Sociology of Sport and Health (W2 interim), Georg-August-University of Göttingen
03/2023-04/2023
Visiting Researcher, Teikyo University Tokyo, Japan
11/2021-12/2022
PI of project: „Digital Technologies of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Transnational Dialogue between Germany and Japan“ (TECHCO) – German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
04/2020-03/2022
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ruhr-University Bochum
10/2020-12/2021
PI of project: „The Ethics of Livetracking-Applications in Connection with SARS-CoV-2“ (ELISA) – German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)
Memberships
Founder: DFG International Cooperation “Resilient Healthcare in Times of Multiple Crises” (RE-CARE)
Advisory Board: Interdisciplinary Committee Medical Treatment of Children with Sex Differences (§1631e BGB)
Advisory Board: Landessportbund of Lower Saxony (Project “Vielfalt in Bewegung”)