Education
2006 |
Habilitation in Sociology (PD), University of Wuppertal. |
1996 |
PhD in Political Science, Sociology and Legal Studies (Dr. phil.), J. W.
Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, in. |
1984 -
1991 |
Political Science, Sociology, Legal Studies, J. W. Goethe-University
Frankfurt am Main; Southampton University, UK; University of Paris
(Panthéon-Sorbonne). |
Employment
Since 2012 |
Professor for Sociology with a Focus on »Biotechnologies, Nature and
Society«, Faculty of Social Sciences at the J. W. Goethe-University,
Frankfurt am Main |
2002 -
2008 |
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt
am Main. |
1997 -
2006 |
Assistant Professor at the Department of Economic and Social Sciences at
University of Wuppertal. |
Stays Abroad
2015 |
Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales,
Sydney
|
2014 |
Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney |
2008 |
Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School |
2003 |
Visiting Fellow at New York University |
2001 |
Visiting Fellow at Goldsmiths College in London |
1993 |
Visiting Researcher at the Centre Michel Foucault, Paris |
1990-1991 |
Visiting Student at Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne |
1986-1987 |
Visiting Student at University of Southampton, UK |
Administrative Positions
Since 2023 Speaker of the
Research Training Group »Fixing Futures. Technologies of Anticipation in
Contemporary Societies«
2018 –
2019 |
Executive Director of the Institute of Sociology at J. W.
Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main |
2013 |
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of J. W. Goethe-University,
Frankfurt am Main |
2010 -
2011 |
Executive Director of the Institute of Foundations of the Social Sciences
at J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main |
Since 2009 |
Board Member of the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies
at J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main |
Grants and Awards
Since 2019 Advanced Grant of the
European Research Council for the Project CRYOSOCIETIES
2016 |
Translation grant from the The German Publishers and Booksellers
Association for the book Eine Kritik der politischen Vernunft – Foucaults Analyse der
modernen Gouvernementalität |
2015 |
Research Grant from Brocher Foundation (Geneva, Switzerland) |
2014 |
Opus Magnum grant from Volkswagen Foundation
for the book project »The Government of Things: Foundations and Perspectives
of the New Materialism« |
Since 2014 |
Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney |
2008 |
Translation grant from the Volkswagen Foundation for the book Die
Polizei der Gene. Formen und Felder genetischer
Diskriminierung |
2007 -
2008 |
Heisenberg Fellow, German Research Foundation |
1993 |
Stipendiary Fellow, German Academic Exchange
Service (PhD research in Paris) |
1986 -
1987 |
Stipendiary Fellow of J. W. Goethe University (student exchange program
with Southampton University) |
1985 |
Award of the Young Literature Forum |
Memberships of Editorial
Boards and Scientific Advisory Councils