2021
Researcher and Coordinator at the Center for Media and Modern Studies, University of Cologne
2020
Habilitation University of Bremen
2018/19
Interim Professor in Maritime Anthropology, University of Bremen
2018
Paul Lazarsfeld Guest Professor for innovative Methodologies in Anthropology, University of Vienna
2017 – 2021
Academic Senior Councilor, University of Siegen
2013/14
Interim Professor in Anthropology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
2012/13 and 2014/15
Interim Professor Visual and Media Anthropology Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg
2012 - 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, DFG-Research Training Group „Locating Media“, University of Siegen
2006 – 2012
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Bremen
2008
DAAD-Professor in European Studies, University of Texas at Austin
2004
Promotion, J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
1999 – 2006
Researcher and PhD-candidate at the DFG-Research College “Wissenskultur und gesellschaftlicher Wandel”, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main