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Louka Maju Goetzke
EDUCATION
since 01/2020 | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
2019 | Université Paris 8, France | Grade: mention très bien (17/20)
M.A. Etudes Européennes et internationales
2019 | European University Viadrina, Germany | Grade: 1.1
M.A. Sociocultural Studies
2018 | Goldsmiths University London, UK | Grade: 1.0 with distinction
M.A. Sociology | Cultural Analysis
Critical and Creative Analysis
M.A. Etudes Européennes et internationales
2019 | European University Viadrina, Germany | Grade: 1.1
M.A. Sociocultural Studies
2018 | Goldsmiths University London, UK | Grade: 1.0 with distinction
M.A. Sociology | Cultural Analysis
Critical and Creative Analysis
Franco-German University
French-German Double Degree
Thesis: Becoming Otherwise (Other) with Butler and Deleuze/Guattari
Thesis: terra incognita: Undisambiguation and positive Difference
2016 | Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany | Grade: 1.6
B.A. Cultural Studies
minor: Political Science
B.A. Cultural Studies
minor: Political Science
2012-2013 | University of Lapland, Finland
Erasmus Exchange: Gender Studies & Anthropology
Thesis: „A multiverse of cultures“ – Analysis of the Concept of Culture in Heinz Kimmerle’s Intercultural Philosophy
2014 | Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Potsdam University, Germany
Design Thinking
Design Thinking
D-School, Academic Programme
One year training | Advanced Track
One year training | Advanced Track
WORK
Research Associate
Institute for Sociology | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
01/2020-03/2024
Research Associate
Research Training Group Doing Transitions | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
since 2019
Translator English, French, German
350.org | remote
2018 - 2022
Editor
Neue Narrative Magazin | Berlin
2019 - 2021
Story Writer for the educational video game Sibel’s Journey
Food for Thought Media | Berlin
2015 - 2017
Copy Editor
ZEIT Online | Berlin
Design Thinking Workshop Assistant
Hasso Plattner Institute Academy | Potsdam University
2013 - 2014
Undergrad Research Assistant
Centre for Digital Cultures | Leuphana University Lüneburg
VOLUNTEERING
Editor & Chairperson
TONIC Magazin e. V.
2018-2019
Youth Group Lead
Jugendnetzwerk Lambda | Berlin
2014-2019
Festival Organizer
Zinefest Berlin
Annual international festival for self-made publications aka zines
Youth Worker
Gendered Intelligence | London
2016-2017
Refugee Support
Utopia56 – Mobilisation pour les exilé.e.s | Paris, France
2011-2015
International Coordination
Grüne Jugend Bundesverband
2011-2014
Working Group Coordinator Gender
2011-2014
Refugee Support
Amikeco Willkommensinitiative Lüneburg
2011-2012
Youth Worker
Jugenderholungswerk Hamburg e.V.
ACADEMIC SELF-GOVERNMENT
since 2023
Board Member for Cornelia Goethe Center Goethe University Frankfurt
Executive Committee | since 05/2024
InterGender – International Consortium for Interdisciplinary Feminist Research Training
2017-2018
Committee Member | Trans representative
LGBTQ+ Society Goldsmiths University, London
2012-2014
Comission Member | Student representative
Senate Commission for Gender Equality | Leuphana University Lüneburg
STIPENDS & FELLOWSHIPS
10-11/2022
Visiting Research Fellowship
Visiting Research Fellowship
GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden
08-09/2022
Visiting Research Fellowship
Visiting Research Fellowship
Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender, University of Brighton, UK
2020-2024
Doctoral Fellowship
Doctoral Fellowship
German Research Foundation
2020-2023
Fellow
Fellow
2017-2018
Study Stipend & Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Goldsmiths University London, UK
Study Stipend & Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Goldsmiths University London, UK
2016-2017
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Université Paris 8, France
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Université Paris 8, France
2013-2015
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes/German Academic Foundation
2011-2016
Study Stipend
Study Stipend
Heinrich Böll Foundation
MEMBERSHIPS
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (KWG)
Sektion Materielle Kulturen
Sektion Border Studies
European Sociological Association (ESA)
Research Network Women’s and Gender Studies
Research Network Science and Technology
InterGender – International Consortium for Interdisciplinary Feminist Research Training
Part of the Executive Committee
Board Member for Cornelia Goethe Center, Goethe University Frankfurt
ATGENDER
Inter*Trans*WissenschaftsNetzwerk (ITW)
The German Education Union (GEW)