Curriculum
Research interests
Science communication, science studies, climate communication, sociology of interaction, sociology of organisations, inter- and transdisciplinarity, governance of science and technology, qualitative methodologies.
Current positions
since 2025
Head of the Centre for Knowledge Exchange(zwt) at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn & Hamburg
since 2025
Professor (W3) of Sociology with a focus on Science Communication and Museum Development at the University of Hamburg
Reviews, consultancy work, board roles and memberships
- since 2023: Scientific Committee, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Hannover/Berlin
- since 2022: Editor, JCOM - Journal of Science Communication
- 2022–2026: Scientific Programme Committee, KlimaCampus Colloquium, Hamburg
- 2020–2025: Editor, WIREs Climate Change (section “The Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge”)
- Member of numerous professional associations, doctoral and appointment committees
- Reviewer for all major journals in the field of science communication and science studies
Academic qualifications
2024
Habilitation and venia legendi at the University of Hamburg, Germany (Sociology)
2008
Doctorate Degree (Dr. phil. nat.) at the Bielefeld University, Germany (Sociology of Science, summa cum laude)
2003
Diploma at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany
(Biology, with distinction)
Careers
since 2025
Head of the Centre for Knowledge Exchange (zwt) at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn & Hamburg, Germany
since 2025
Professor (W3) of Sociology with a focus on Science Communication and Museum Development at the University of Hamburg, Germany
2017–2025
Professor (W1) of Sociology with a focus on Science Studies, University of Hamburg, Germany
2013–2016
Project Head (Postdoc), Integrated Activity “Understanding Science in Interaction”, DFG Cluster of Excellence “Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction” (CliSAP), University of Hamburg, Germany
2009–2013
Project Head (Postdoc), “The Production and Representation of Knowledge in the Context of Medialisation” within the BMBF funding programme “New Governance of Science – Research into the Relationship between Science, Politics and Society”, Institute for Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld University, Germany
Awards
- 2025: University of Hamburg Teaching Award for the interdisciplinary Master’s programme “Researching and Shaping Climate Futures”, Shortlist
- 2025: 3rd prize for the best academic paper at the DGPuK Annual Meeting
- 2018: Teaching Award for "Uncertain 2 Degrees", University of Hamburg
- 2017: Teaching Award for "Scales in the Climate System", Universitätslabor Lehrlabor, University of Hamburg
- 2015: Fulbright Fellowship Grant, Fulbright Foundation