Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

since 2022Tenure track professorship for the field of Social Science Research on Religion, research centre “Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society”, University of Vienna
2018-2022Postdoc fellow for migration research at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
2020Visiting research fellow, EURAC Research Center Bolzano, Italy
2017-2018Postdoc researcher (Univ.- Ass. postdoc) at the interdisciplinary research platform „Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society”, University of Vienna
2015Guest researcher, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada
2012-2015Predoc researcher (Univ.- Ass. praedoc), Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
2012Visiting scholar, Center for Research on Religion, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
2012Research project “Muslim Youth Groups in Vienna”, funded by the “University of Vienna Research Grant 2012”
2010-2012Project researcher “Mapping Religion in Vienna”, Department of Religious Studies, University of Vienna

Education

2013-2017PhD (Dr.phil.) in social sciences, focus: political science, University of Vienna, with distinctions
Thesis title: “Integrating religion – The roles of religion in Austrian, German and Swiss immigrant integration policies”
2006-2011Master’s degree (Mag.) in religious studies, University of Vienna
2006-2011Master’s degree (Mag. phil) in political science, University of Vienna
06.6.2006High school diploma (Matura)