Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research (empirical-ethical approaches, discourse analysis, ethnography, interview research, participatory research designs, AI-assisted qualitative data analysis, Grounded Theory, scoping reviews, and systematic reviews)
Academic Education
Since 2020
Habilitation Project
2019
PhD (Dr. phil.), University of Hamburg, Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Institute of Human Movement Science, Unit “Culture, Media and Society / Sociology of Sport” 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)
Review Activies
Big Data & Society, Sport and Society, Digital Culture & Society, BMC Medical Ethics, EU, Digital Government: Research and Practice, German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research, German Society of Sport Science, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Asian Public Policy, Journal of Medical Ethics, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Quality of Life Research Journal, German Academic Scholarship Foundation, The International Journal of the History of Sport
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)