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VITA

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 | Service


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 MA at Goldsmiths University London, UK


Heinrich Böll Foundation

2016-2017
Visiting Exchange Scholarship
for MA at Université Paris 8, France

Franco-German University
2013-2015
Geisteswissenschaftliches Kolleg
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes/German Academic Foundation

2011-2016
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


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