Research profile
- Sociological theory
- Societal differentiation
- Demographics
- Global inequalities
- Philosophical foundations of the social sciences
- History of sociology
Academic positions
| Since 2023 | Demographics officer of the district office of the Rhine-Neckar district |
| Since 2022 | Lecturer at the Max Weber Institute at Heidelberg University |
| Since 2021 | Lecturer at the SRH Mobile University |
| 2020/2021 | Lecturer at the Institute for Sociology at the University of Innsbruck + Freelance writer |
| July 2017 until September 2019 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Sociology of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. |
| Summer semester 2015 to Winter semester 2015/2016 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of Sociology of Religion (Professor Detlef Pollack). University of Münster. |
| Winter semester 2013/2014 to Winter semester 2014/2015 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of general sociology/sociological theory at the University of Bielefeld. |
| Summer semester 2012 to summer semester 2013 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of macrosociology, economy and organization at the University of Magdeburg. |
| Winter semester 2011/2012 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of Sociology of Religion (Professor Detlef Pollack). University of Münster. |
| Winter semester 2010/2011 to summer semester 2011 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of sociological theory and philosophy of the social sciences. |
| Winter semester 2009/2010 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of general sociology at the University of Hamburg. |
| Winter semester 2008/2009 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of sociological theory and philosophy of the social sciences. |
| Winter semester 2007/2008 to summer semester 2008 | Temporary professorship (Vertretungsprofessur): chair of general sociology at the University of Erfurt. |
| Summer semester 2004/2005 to summer semester 2009 | Research Assistant at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. |
| Summer semester 2003 to Winter semester 2003/2004 | Lecturer at the Institute of Sociology at University of Mainz. |
| Summer semester 2001 to Winter semester 2002/2003 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Mainz. |
Academic education
| 12/2007 | Habilitation at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld - Venia Legendi for "Sociology". |
| 03/2001 | Doctoral degree, Max-Weber-Kolleg- University of Erfurt. |
| 03/1998 – 03/2001 | Fellow at the Max-Weber-Kolleg- University of Erfurt. |
| 02/1998 | Master's degree in sociology and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. |