Professional Career
- since 2023 Officer for online communication and task-related public relations at open_in_new Saxony-Anhalt State Institute for School Quality and Teachers’ Qualification (LISA) and Editor-in-Chief of the open_in_new Saxony-Anhalt Education Server
- 2014 – 2023 Project Manager and Research Associate at open_in_new Leipzig University Library, specialised information service for media, communication and film studies open_in_new adlr.link
- 2005 – 2016 Founder and Managing Director of open_in_new La Marée Filmproduktion GbR
- 2010 – 2014 Research Associate, Research Academy of Leipzig University
- 2009 – 2012 Visiting Lecturer, open_in_new Institute for Communication and Media Studies, Leipzig University
- Previously working for EuroArts Music International GmbH, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Kontur 21 Gesellschaft für Marktforschung, Kommunikation und Design mbH and Braunschweiger Zeitung
Further Professional Activities
- since 2023 Member of the working group on Participation and Fan Research at the open_in_new Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft
- since 2020 Jury Member of open_in_new “Nachwuchspreis des Büchner-Verlags”
- since 2019 Member of the Editorial Board of open_in_new “Medienwissenschaft: Berichte und Papiere”
- since 2019 Member of the working group on Open Media Studies at the Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft
- since 2018 Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- ongoing Peer Reviewer for various academic journals like open_in_new Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung, open_in_new Kieler Beiträge zur Filmmusikforschung and others
- 2022 – 2023 Member of the Editorial Board of the open_in_new Open Library Medienwissenschaft at transcript Independent Academic Publishing
- 2018 – 2023 Member of the expert group for the field “General” of the Regensburg Library Classification (RVK)
- 2013 – 2021 Series Editor of open_in_new “Medienrausch”
Affiliations
Academic Education
- 2014 Dr. phil., Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
- 2005 M.A. (Magister Artium), Leipzig University
- 1998 – 2005 academic studies, Communication and Media Studies, Political Sciences, and Modern History, Leipzig University
Volunteer Work
- Handball Referee for the open_in_new Handball Association of Saxony (SG LVB e. V.)
- Lay Judge at open_in_new Leipzig District Court (Landgericht Leipzig)
Conference Chairs
- 2024 Co-Realisation, open_in_new ScienceMashup “Games und schulische Bildung”, Lange Nacht der Computerspiele, HTWK Leipzig
- 2023 Panel Chair, open_in_new Fachtagung “Neue Plattformen – neue Öffentlichkeiten”, HTWK Leipzig
- 2022 Panel Chair, 8. Bibliothekskongress Leipzig
- 2019 Panel Chair, 7. Bibliothekskongress Leipzig
- 2018 Panel Chair, 107. Deutscher Bibliothekartag Berlin
- 2014 Panel Chair, Tagung “Alternative Cinéphilie(n). Filmkulturen im Umbruch 1945-1989” des Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Forschung | Medien e. V. Leipzig
- 2012 Co-Realisation, Tagung “Mashup” des Zentrum für Wissenschaft und Forschung | Medien e. V. Leipzig
- 2012 Co-Realisation, Seminar “Junge Wissenschaft und Praxis” der Research Academy Leipzig
- 2010 – 2013 Co-Realisation, Science Slams der Kompetenzschule ELSYS der Research Academy Leipzig
Teaching
- winter term 2012/13 Modul “Tagungsorganisation”, Kompetenzschule ELSYS, Research Academy of Leipzig University
- winter term 2011/12 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University
- winter term 2011/12 Modul “Tagungsorganisation”, Kompetenzschule ELSYS, Research Academy of Leipzig University
- winter term 2010/11 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University
- winter term 2009/10 Seminar “Einführung in das journalistische Arbeiten”, B.A. Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft, Leipzig University