CURRICULUM VITAE
Professional Experience
2021 - 2022
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
King’s Centre for Military Ethics King's College London, UK; in the research project “Testing a Bioethics Framework for Human Augmentation"
2021 - today
SENIOR LECTURER [AKAD. RAT A. Z.] - paused for DFG-funded own position
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University
2018 – 2021
DFG-FUNDED OWN POSITION
Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne; in the project: “Cognitive Enhancement in Germany: Prevalence, Procurement Strategies, Causes, and Implications (ENHANCE)”; funded by the German Research Foundation
2018 – 2022
RESEARCH CONSULTANT
The Dougy Center – The National Center for Grieving Children & Families; in the Program “Listening and Led by Youth in Foster Care: Grief, Hope, and Transitions – The L.Y.G.H.T. Program” funded by The Duke Endowment, USA
2018 – 2021
SENIOR LECTURER [AKAD. RAT A. Z.]
Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne
2016 – today
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit at the Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, CAN
2013 – 2015
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne
2013 – 2015
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Cologne Graduate School in Management, Economics and Social Sciences (CGS) supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
2013
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Faculty of Law, Social Sciences, and Economics at the University of Erfurt
2013
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University
2013
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Department of Psychology – Occupational and Consumer Psychology at the University of Freiburg
2011 – 2013
KEY STAFF MEMBER
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University; in the CONGRAD-Project “Conducting Graduate Surveys and Improving Alumni Services for Enhanced Strategic Management and Quality Improvement” in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia, and Herzegovina funded by the European Commission-TEMPUS.
2009 – 2012
LEADERSHIP OF THE PROJECT
Faculty of Sociology at the Bielefeld University; leadership of the project: “Fehlverhalten und Betrug bei der Erbringung von Studienleistungen: Individuelle und organisatorisch-strukturelle Bedingungen” (FAIRUSE) [Misconduct and Fraud in Study Achievements: Individual and Organizational Conditions], funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FMER).
2008
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, preparing and planning the collaborative research center “Von Heterogenitäten zu sozialen Ungleichheiten, SFB 882” [From Heterogeneity to Social Inequalities], funded by the German Research Foundation.
2007 – 2008
CONSULTANT
Institute of Science and Technology Studies at Bielefeld University: consulting and analytical evaluation of the German Chancellor Fellowship for Prospective Leaders of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation.
2006 – 2009
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University, in the project “Interdependenzen zwischen beruflichen und verwandtschaftlichen Netzwerken im Kontext der Familiengründung und -entwicklung” [Interdependencies of Social Networks in Family, Kinship, and Work], funded by the German Research Foundation.
2006 – 2007
FREELANCER
Institute for Practical Research on Journalism at the University of Leipzig, freelance work analyzing the study “Zukunft des Journalismus” [The future of journalism] and research-oriented teaching.
2006
FREELANCER
Freelance work in market research on information.
2005 – 2006
STUDENT ASSISTANT
Institute for Communication and Media Science at the University of Leipzig
2003 – 2005
TUTOR AND STUDENT ASSISTANT
Institute of Sociology at the University of Leipzig
2022 - today
DFG-FUNDED OWN POSITION
Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University; in the second phase of the project: “Cognitive Enhancement in Germany: Prevalence, Procurement Strategies, Causes, and Implications (ENHANCE)”; funded by the German Research Foundation
Higher education
2007 – 2013
PHD
Cumulative dissertation (consisting of 7 peer-reviewed journal articles: numbers 1-4 and 6-8, see Publications) on the methodical measurement and theoretical explanation of morally questionable behavior (“Understanding Deviant Behavior: Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Analyses”), awarded with “summa cum laude” from the Faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University
2000 – 2006
MASTER
in Sociology, Political Science and Journalism at the University of Leipzig;
Master’s thesis: “Plagiate in Hausarbeiten. Erklärungsmodelle mit Hilfe der Theorie rationale Handelns” [Plagiarism in Student Papers: Explanation Models using Rational Choice Theory], awarded a grade of 1.0 (“excellent”) and distinguished with the Prize for an Outstanding Thesis by the German Society of Sociology