Father of two (2, 5 years), son of a mother from Turkey, infatuated with computer games since childhood, grows hot chili peppers under artificial light, plays a duduk to annoy the neighbors.
M.A. in Sociology major with minors in Cultural Anthropology and Educational Science, University of Münster and University of Augsburg Grade: 1,2 (among best 5%)
Awards
2023
Teaching Award in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen
2022
Teaching Award in Social Sciences, University of Göttingen
2021
Scholarship of the Global Young Faculty, Mercator Foundation
2020
PhD Thesis Award of the German Sociological Association (DGS), Sociology of the Body and Sports
2020
DOSB Research Award – German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) (3rd Place)
Research Areas
Gender Diversity
Sociology of Sport, Technology, and Body
Technological resilience and crisis research
Qualitative Research Methods
Artificial Intelligence
Academic Involvement
Since 01/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher and Referent for Research at University of Münster, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences
Research Associate, Culture, Media and Society/Sportsociology (Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klein) at the University of Hamburg
09/2013-09/2016
Research Associate, Institute for Educational Sciences (Prof. Dr. Birgit Althans), Leuphana University Lüneburg
08/2010-09/2010
Visiting Student, Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam-Mickiewicz-University Posen, Polen
08/2008-05/2010
Student Assistant, Institute for Sex Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Student assistance in the DFG project “Treatment experiences and treatment satisfaction of people with different forms of intersexuality” (Head: Prof. Dr. Hertha Richter-Appelt) and in the BZgA-funded project “Sexual and social relationships of 17- and 18-year-old women and men” (Head: Dr. Silja Matthiesen)