Curriculum Vitae

CV

Since 2024 – Doctoral Candidate, Chair of Sociology, University of Passau (UP) – supervised by Prof. Dr. Karin Stögner
Dissertation project: Antisemitism in Digital Gaming Communities
Since 2023 – Researcher, RadiGaMe – Radicalisation on gaming platforms and messenger services, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), within the Research Group Radicalization, Terrorism, and Extremism Prevention (RTEP), Program Area Transnational Politics
– Recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the German Computer Game Awards 2026 (DCP)
2022–2023 – Project Lead Antisemitism, International Institute for Education and Research on Antisemitism (IIBSA), Berlin
2022 – IT Administrator, Department of Social Sciences (ISW), Humboldt University of Berlin
2019–2022 – Student Research Assistant, Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences (BGSS) Department of Social Sciences (ISW), Humboldt University of Berlin
2018–2022 – M.A. in Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
Master’s thesis: Aestheticization of Misery: The Centre for Political Beauty and the Shoah
2017 – Erasmus+ Exchange Programme, Department of Social Anthropology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (PUSPS), Athens
2016–2018 – Student Research Assistant, Berlin Institute for Empirical Integration and Migration Research (BIM)
2014–2018 – B.A. in Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin
Bachelor’s thesis: A Monument to Germany? The Controversy around the Old Synagogue in Freiburg im Breisgau
2007–2015 – Network and Systems Administrator, ProCurand, Berlin
2004–2007 – Vocational Training in IT Systems Management (IHK), bbw Academy Berlin

Memberships

Since 2025 – Postgraduate Fellow, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (LCSCA)
Since 2023 – Member of the Executive Board, Centre for Critical Social Sciences (ZKSW)
Since 2023 – Member, Extremism and Gaming Research Network (EGRN)
Since 2022 – Member, German Sociological Association (GSA)
Founding Member, GSA Working Group on the Sociology of Digital Games
Since 2024 – Member, DGS Working Group on Antisemitism Studies

Additional activities

Provision of expert briefings and consultation to journalists, civil society organizations, policymakers, industry stakeholders, and security actors; organization and moderation of workshops and public events; participation in international academic conferences; service on examination committees and other academic governance activities.