Short CV
Since 2023 PhD candidate in the interdisciplinary research focus “Developing resilient housing estates” at UAS Frankfurt, which explores the sustainability and future developments of large housing estates from a social science and architectural/urban planning perspective. 2023 to 2024 participation in the project “Resilient Urban Communities” on social enterprises as a vehicle for integration and participation in African megacities.
2017 Bachelor of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Jena. 2022 Master of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt with focus on urban sociology and qualitative methods, master thesis on housing practices in alternative housing concepts.
Research focus
Urban and housing sociology
Recent projects
Dissertation project (ongoing) on housing practices in stigmatized large housing estates. As socially embedded and rule-guided contexts of action, housing practices structure how people live and have an impact on social integration. These practices are not only related to the political-economic framework. They have to be analyzed in the context of the specific materiality of large housing estates. The projects focus is placed on practices in the shared spaces – i.e. playgrounds, green spaces, entrance areas, corridors, etc. Two housing estates will be examined using an ethnographically inspired approach based on Grounded Theory, with the main material being interviews with residents and experts as well as field memos.