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Louka Maju Goetzke




EDUCATION


since 01/2020 | Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
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


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    
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
D-School, Academic Programme
One year training | Advanced Track




WORK


since 10/2024
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

2014 - 2016
Design Thinking Workshop Assistant
Hasso Plattner Institute Academy | Potsdam University

2013 - 2014
 Undergrad Research Assistant
Centre for Digital Cultures | Leuphana University Lüneburg






VOLUNTEERING

2010-2022
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


2017-2018
Youth Worker

Gendered Intelligence | London

2016-2017
Refugee Support

Utopia56 – Mobilisation pour les exilé.e.s | Paris, France

2011-2015
International Coordination
Gr
üne Jugend Bundesverband

2011-2014
Working Group Coordinator  Gender
Federation of Young European Greens

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

InterGenderInternational 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
GEXcel International Collegium for Advanced Transdisciplinary Gender Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden

08-09/2022
Visiting Research Fellowship

Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender, University of Brighton, UK
2020-2024
Doctoral Fellowship

German Research Foundation

2017-2018
Study Stipend & Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Goldsmiths University London, UK

2016-2017
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for Université Paris 8, France
2013-2015
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes/German Academic Foundation

2011-2016
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)