Transformation of statehood between democratization and authoritarianism, participation and transformation, poverty, foreign and security policy in the Middle East after September 11, 2001, regional cooperation in the Middle East, Euro-Arab relations, political science gender research, in particular on gender and violence, peace and conflict research as well as women's participation
Transformation in Discourse; Law, State and Government in Transition; Digital Discourse Democracy; „Initiative Berliner Diskurswerkstatt" -Methods Competence; Gender & Diversity Studies (Career and Gender; Children and Women's Rights; Sexual Violence and Sexual Abuse; Biopolitics; History of the Body and Body Politics; Age & generation Politics.
anthropology of the body and the senses; gender and sexuality; religion; migration; Critical Beauty Studies; new materialism, toxicity; postsecularism.
Political theory (political philosophy, social philosophy, theories of democracy, critical theory), social inequality (race, class, gender, etc.) and intersectionality, Marx and Marxism, secularism and laicism, cultural studies, hegemony and ideology, global history and colonial history, France topics, Rwanda topics
Journalism Research; Genders/Diversity Structures in Journalism and the Public Sphere; Cultural Studies and Media Research; Migration and Media; Hybrid Media Constucts, Emotions, Affects and Media
Labor Market; Poverty; Diversity; Development of Social Security Systems; European Welfare States in Comparison; Gender Inequality in the Social and Labor Market; Pension Reform, Social Policy.
Biography and Memory; Emotions and Affect; Gender Studies; Cognitive Anthropology; Socialisation and Education; Psychological Anthropology; South East Asian Societies (Indonesia and Vietnam).
Sociology of emotions, Qualitative research methods and methodologies, Computer-assisted analysis of qualitative data, Gender Studies; Sociology of knowledge, Sociology of organizations
