Research

2025-2028
Between Economy and Democracy: Reorganizing Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era
in cooperation with Kean Birch (York University, Canada), Andrea Mennicken (PI) (London School of Economics and Political Science); Stephan Stahlschmidt (German Center for Higher Education Research and Science Studies) and Didier Torny (Mines Paris-PSL)
funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the 8th round of the Open Research Area Program

2025-2027
Generative KI in der Wissenschaft – Wie verändert sich die wissenschaftliche Praxis?
[Generative AI in science. How is scientific practice changing?]
funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

2023-2024
„ELIZA reloaded“ – ChatGPT und die Veränderung von Wissensarbeit
[ChatGPT and the changes in knowledge work]
jointly with Florian Butollo, Jennifer Haase and Ann Katzinski (Weizenbaum Institute); funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Reseach

2023
Dauerstellenkonzepte an Universitäten
in cooperation with Roland Bloch (Halle); funded by Max-Traeger-Stiftung

2020-2024
Neue Daten, neues Wissen? Infrastrukturen der Leistungsbewertung in der Wissenschaft
[New data, new knowledge? Infrastructures in academic evaluation]
in cooperation with Stephan Stahlschmidt (DZHW); funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

2019 – 2020
Entwicklung der Arbeits- und Beschäftigungsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft. Eine Längsschnittanalyse (2007-18)
[Development of Working and Employment Conditions in Higher Education. A Longitudinal Analysis (2007-2018)]
in cooperation with Roland Bloch (Halle/Wittenberg); funded by Max-Traeger-Stiftung

2018 – 2023
DFG-Research Network „Auf dem Weg in die Bewertungsgesellschaft?“
[Towards an Evaluation Society?]
jointly with Thorsten Peetz (Bremen) and Hilmar Schäfer (Frankfurt/Oder); funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2016 – 2019
Bewertungspraktiken in Wissenschaft und Hochschule
[Evaluation Practices in Science and Higher Education]
jointly with Bernd Kleimann (DZHW Hannover) and Martin Reinhart (Berlin); funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

2014 – 2017
DFG-Research Network „Das ungenutzte Potential des Soziologischen Neo-Institutionalismus. Theoretische Herausforderungen und empirische Forschungsperspektiven“
[The Dormant Potential of the Sociological New Institutionalism. Theoretical Challenges and Empirical Research Perspectives]
jointly with Stefan Kirchner (Hamburg), Frank Meier (Bremen) and Uli Meyer (Berlin); funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2014 – 2016
Beschäftigungsbedingungen und Personalpolitik an Hochschulen in Deutschland
[Employment Conditions and Policies at Higher Education Institutions in Germany]
jointly with Anna Schütz (Bremen) and Johannes Moes (Berlin); funded by Max-Traeger-Stiftung

2014 – 2015
Kerninhalte, Organisationsstrukturen und Bewertungsverfahren translationaler medizinischer Forschung
[Core Contents, Organization Structures and Evaluation Processes in Translational Medical Research]
jointly with Martin Reinhart (Berlin); funded by the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH)

2011 – 2012
Vereinbarkeit von Familie und wissenschaftlicher Qualifizierung
[Compatibility of Family and Academic Qualification]
jointly with Anna Schütz (Bremen), Svenja Derichs (Potsdam) and Michael Frey (Berlin), funded by Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft

2008 – 2012
Die globale Diffusion von Wahrheitskommissionen
[The Global Diffusion of Truth Commissions]
PhD project, funded by a Hans-Böckler-Stiftung scholarship