02/2024
TU Dresden
Offered the W3 professorship in Modern German Literature and Media Culture Studies.
CV
Academic and professional appointments.
Since 05/2019
TU Dresden
Professor (W2) of Media Studies and Modern German Literature.
05/2014–04/2019
TU Dresden
Open Topic Tenure Track Professorship. Successful tenure evaluation in March 2018.
02/2014
University of Siegen
Declined an offer of a fixed-term W2 professorship in Modern German Literature and Media.
01/2013–12/2018
ERC Research Group “The Principle of Disruption”
Principal Investigator of the research group “A Figure Reflecting Complex Societies”.
04/2013–09/2013
FernUniversität in Hagen
Acting Professor (W3) of Modern German Literature and Media Aesthetics.
10/2011–03/2012
University of Konstanz
Acting Junior Professor of Modern German Literature.
04/2011–09/2011
University of Konstanz
Research lectureship at the Cluster of Excellence “Cultural Foundations of Social Integration”.
04/2009–04/2014
University of Siegen
Research Associate at the Chair of Modern German Literature (Professor Niels Werber).
10/2008–03/2009
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Lecturer at the Department of German Literature.
09/2006–03/2009
German Bundestag, Berlin
Personal Adviser and Head of Office for Dr Konrad Schily, Member of the German Bundestag. Focus: health and education policy.
09/2004–08/2006
University of Groningen
Postdoctoral fellowship.
09/2001–08/2004
University of Groningen
Doctoral fellowship; PhD awarded in 2004, summa cum laude.
04/1995–07/2001
University of Siegen
Magister studies in General Literary Studies, History and Philosophy.
Fellowships
10/2025–03/2026
University of Siegen
Fellowship at Collaborative Research Centre 1472, “Transformations of the Popular”.
10/2019–03/2020
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen
Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI).
Awards
2016
TU Dresden Teaching Award
For the module “Risk Communication and Risk Narratives”, jointly with Marina Münkler, Thomas Günther, Thomas Henle, Joachim Scharloth and Jochen Schanze.
2004
Best Dissertation in the Humanities
University of Groningen · Stichting Nicolaas Muleriusfonds.