Franziska von Verschuer - Biography

Academic Employment


Since 04/2018 Research Associate at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Research Group: “Biotechnology, Nature and Society"

02/2023 - 04/2023Visiting scholar at the Oslo School of Environmental Humanities, University of Oslo

01/2018 - 04/2018 Research Assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Research Group: “Biotechnology, Nature and Society"

04/2016 - 12/2017 Student Assistant at the Department of Social Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Research Group: “Biotechnology, Nature and Society"

10/2013 - 09/2014 Tutor at the Department of Social Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg

11/2012 – 09/2013 Student Assistant at the Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health (IGPP), Freiburg, Department of Social and Cultural Scientific Research


Education


2014 – 2017 Master Student of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt

  Master Thesis: “Freezing Life, Escaping Death? A Critical Analysis of the Premises and Promises of Cryonics"

2010 – 2014 Bachelor Student of Sociology and Psychology at Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg


Committee Work


Since 10/2021Representative of the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies (CGC) at Goethe University Frankfurt in InterGender: Consortium and Research School in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies

11/2018 - 04/2020Member of the Women's Council in the Department of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt

Memberships


  • German Sociological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, DGS)
    • Section for Women's and Gender Studies in the DGS
    • Section for Environmental Sociology in the DGS
  • European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
  • Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
  • Cornelia Goethe Center for Women's and Gender Studies (CGC), Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Education and Science Workers' Union (Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft, GEW)
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CONTACT

Franziska von Verschuer

Goethe-University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute of Sociology
Research Group Biotechnologies,
Nature and Society

Visiting address
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 6
Campus-Westend – PEG-Building
Room 3.G 021
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Mail address
Campus Westend
PEG - internal post 31
60629 Frankfurt am Main

Tel. +49 69 798 36668
verschuer@soz.uni-frankfurt.de

CONTACT

Office Management

Angelika Boese
Room 3.G 030
Tel.: +49 69 798 36518
boese@soz.uni-frankfurt.de