Doctorate

• Scholar of the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Post-Graduate Research Programme "Global Challenges - Transnational and Transcultural Approaches" at the University of Tübingen
• Research assistant in the Emmy-Noether Junior Research Group "Infinitas Dei" at the Chair of Philosophical-Theological Crossroads Issues at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Exploratory focus

• Function and structure of religious and quasi-religious world views
• Functional and systemic theories of religion
• Religiousness as mental system
• Theology of Paul Tillich
• Epistemology of Gregory Bateson