VITA
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 Coordinator
Potentialbereich “Transition und Transgression: Fluide Geschlechterbewegungen” | University of Koblenz
10/2024–03/2026
Research Associate
Institute of Sociology | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
01/2020–03/2024
Research Associate
DFG-Research Training Group Doing Transitions | Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
2019 – 2025
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 | Service
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 MA at Goldsmiths University London, UK
Study Stipend & Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for MA at Goldsmiths University London, UK
Heinrich Böll Foundation
2016 – 2017
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for MA at Université Paris 8, France
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for MA at Université Paris 8, France
Franco-German University
2013 – 2015
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes/German Academic Foundation
2011 – 2016
Study Stipend
Study Stipend
Heinrich Böll Foundation
MEMBERSHIPS
Gender, Kinship Sexuality Working Group
Institute for Social Research (IfS) | Frankfurt/Main
GRADE Initiative "Trans Studies"
Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
GRADE Initiative "Neue Materialismen in der qualitativen Forschung"
Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers
Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
InterGender | International Consortium for Interdisciplinary Feminist Research Training
Board Member for Cornelia Goethe Center, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Part of the Executive Committee
Board Member for Cornelia Goethe Center, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, Part of the Executive Committee
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