My research revolves around digital media from the perspective of phenomenology, aesthetics, and media theory. What I am currently working on is a PhD project entitled “Plaything Phenomenology. A Popular Aesthetics of Videogames”, funded by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. After a total of three and a half years of working on my PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin, including one semester at the Center for Digital Play at the ITU Copenhagen, I successfully defended my dissertation in January 2025! Currently guest lecturer at Universität der Künste Berlin, Europäische Medienwissenschaft Potsdam, and the Film Studies Department at the Johann-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
My studies took me through Musicology and German Literature at the University of Tübingen to a master’s programme going by the fancy name of Cultural Poetics of Literature and Media at the University of Münster. An interest in the history of aesthetic theory formed the backbone of my studies.
Inbetween my Master’s and my doctorate, I worked for the non-profit organisation IMAGINARY, which ignited my passion for Science Communication. I also active in the Network for Good Labor in Academia (NGAWiss).