Sociology of the public sphere, political communication, social change, quality of media

Since 2018: Senior Research and Teaching Associate at the Department of Communication and Media Research IKMZ / University of Zurich and Deputy Director of Research at fög – Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society / University of Zurich

2015-2017: Deputy Director of fög – Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society / University of Zurich

Since 2011: Research Associate at fög – Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society / University of Zurich

Since 2006: Lecturer at the Universities of Zurich (since 2006), Bern (2014, 2016), Salzburg (2016), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (since 2011), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (since 2019) and Bern University of Applied Sciences Social Work (since 2014)

2010: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) with the dissertation "Political Extremism and Radicalism: Problematization and Discursive Opportunity Structures in Public Communication in German-speaking Switzerland" (K. Imhof, F. Esser)

2005-2010: Research and Teaching Associate at fög – Center for Research on the Public and Society / University of Zurich

2000-2001: Teacher of German at Hartford Union High School (Wisconsin, USA)

1997-2005: Studies of General History, English Linguistics and Sociology at the University of Zurich

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