MASTER PROGRAMME

PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

• Summer Term 2022: Visiting scholar at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway
• October 2018 - January 2024: Lecturer and Research Associate at the Chair for International Relations, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
• April 2018 - March 2021: spokesperson of Junge AFK of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V. AFK) 
• 2016-2018: Master Studies of Peace and Conflict Studies at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
• 2014: Exchange student for 2 semesters at Sydney University, Australia (Security Studies, Jewish Studies, History)
• 2011-2015: Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Bachelor Studies of Modern and Contemporary History and Political Science
• Since 2008: Freelance Journalist, print & TV

Winter Term 2023/24

•  International Relations at the Movies

Summer Term 2023

• Popular Culture and International Political Communication

Winter Term 2022/23

•  International Relations at the Movies

Winter Term 2021/22

•  Critical Humour Studies: The role of humour in social and political conflicts

Summer Term 2021

• Globale Gerechtigkeit durch Humor?
• Internationale Beziehungen im Film
• Sicherheitsbedrohungen neuen Typs

Winter Term 2020/21

• Humour and Social Conflicts

Summer Term 2020

• Militär und Medien: Das Verhältnis zwischen Information, Eigenlogik, Inszenierung und Zensur

Winter Term 2019/20

• Militär und Medien: Das Verhältnis zwischen Information, Eigenlogik, Inszenierung und Zensur

Summer Term 2019

• Militär und Medien: Das Verhältnis zwischen Information, Eigenlogik, Inszenierung und Zensur

Winter Term 2018/19

• Sozialwissenschaftliche Grundlagentexte

Winter Term 2017/18

• Einführung in Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Methoden

Publications

Edited Volumes & Special Issues (Peer-Reviewed)

• Radicalization and Variations of Violence - New Theoretical Approaches and Original Case Studies, Cham: Springer Nature [2023, edited with Julia Renner] https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-27011-6

 Journal Articles (Peer-Reviewed)

• Humorous Parodies of Popular Culture as Strategy in Boris Johnson´s Populist Communication, in: The British Journal of Politics and International Relations [2023, online first]. https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231174165.
• ‘Our Sofa was the Front’- Ontological Insecurity and the German Government’s Humourous Heroification of Couch Potatoes During COVID-19, in: German Politics [online first 2022] https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2022.2093858
• Kurdish Narratives of Conflict: The Politics of the Kurdish Question in Turkish Cinema, Journal of War & Culture Studies [online first 2021; With Laura Rehbein et. al.]. https://doi.org/10.1080/17526272.2021.2000729
• Just a bit of fun: the camouflaging and defending functions of humour in recruitment videos of the British and Swedish armed forces, in: Cambridge Review of International Affairs [Online First 2020, with Alexander Spencer]. https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2020.1719039
• Heroes welcome: An exceptional story of ‘good’ refugees in the German tabloid discourse, in: Journal of Multicultural Discourses [Online First 2019, with Tim Heinkelmann-Wild & Alexander Spencer].  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17447143.2019.1649412

Contributions to Edited Volumes (Peer-Reviewed)

• Satire zwischen Kritik und politischer Instrumentalisierung, in: Sprache und Politik: Innovation, Instrumentalisierungen und Polarisierungen im öffentlichen Diskurs, Fröhlich, Manuel (ed.) Baden-Baden: Nomos [forthcoming in June 2023].
• Uncovering the Complexities of Radicalization and Violence: A Summary. In: Beck, D., Renner-Mugono, J. (eds) Radicalization and Variations of Violence. Contributions to International Relations. Springer, Cham. [2023] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27011-6_11.
• Introduction. In: Beck, D., Renner-Mugono, J. (eds) Radicalization and Variations of Violence. Contributions to International Relations. Springer, Cham. [2023, with Julia Renner Mugono] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27011-6_1. 
• Medien und Internationale Beziehungen. In: Carlo Masala, Frank Sauer and Luba v. Hauff (Hrsg.) Handbuch Internationale Beziehungen, 3. überarbeitete Ausgabe, Wiesbaden: Springer VS [with Reinhard Wesel, forthcoming].
• Don’t take us seriously: The case of satirical narratives of institutional self-promotion in Swedish military recruitment. In: Institutionality – Studies of Discursive and Material (Re-)ordering, Porsché, Y., R. Scholz und J. N. Singh (Hrsg.), London: Palgrave Macmillan (2022). [with Alexander Spencer]. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-96969-1_16

Conference Papers

• “From Russia with Absurdity: Grotesque Humour as Communication Strategy of Vladimir Putin”, at 16. Early Career Tagung Internationale Beziehungen Theorien und Problemfelder internationaler Politik, 14 – 16 February 2023.
• “Pop-cultural Humour in International Political Communication”, Invited by the Network Culture, Inequality and Democracy, University of Bergen, 22. June 2022.
• “Parodic Humour in Populist Communication”, at HEPP3 Conference on Emotions, Populism, and Polarised Politics, Helsinki University, 15.-17. June 2022.
• “Humorous Parodies of Popular Culture as Strategy in Populist Communication”, Workshop on Anxiety, Humour and Global Politics, University of Warwick, 7. June 2022.
• “Humour in State Actors’ International Political Communication”, Invited by The Research Group for Rhetoric, Democracy and Public Culture, Infomedia Department, University of Bergen, 6. May 2022.  
• „Humour and Popular Culture in Populist Communication“ at 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, European International Studies Association (EISA) online, 13-17 September 2021.
• “ ‘The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets’ - Humour and Popular Culture in PopulistCommunication“ National Convention of German Political Science Association (GPSA), online, 14-16 September 2021
• “Humorous narratives during the COVID-19 pandemic as a strategy of anxiety management” at 14th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, European International Studies Association (EISA) online, 13-17 September 2021.
• „Unser Sofa war die Front“ – Humorvolle Aufforderungen zum Nichtstun als Sicherheitsmanagement während der Corona-Krise“ at: National Convention of German Political Science Association (GPSA), online, 14-16 September 2021
• “ ‘The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets’ - Humour and Popular Culture in Populist Communication”, 8^th European Workshops in International Studies, EWIS 2021, 30. June – 3. July 2021, online.
• „COVID-19, Humor und Ontologische (Un)Sicherheit", 52. Kolloquium der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK), Magdeburg, 17. – 19. March 2021.
• ”Not a laughing matter – Uncovering Humour as a Serious Matter in World Politics“, DVPW-IB Sektionstagung 2020, Universität Freiburg, 7.-9. October 2020.
• "Satiric Narratives as Creative Interventions in Discourses of Security", at: Popular Culture and World Politics V12: Popular Culture Matters! in Leeds, 16th-17th January, 2020.
• “Uncovering the camouflaging effects of humor: Satirical and comedic narratives in British and Swedish armed forces' recruitment videos” at Pan-European Conference on International Relations der European International Studies Association (EISA) in Sofia, Bulgaria, 11.-14. September 2019.
• „Satire zwischen ästhetisch-politischem Aktivismus, journalistisch-zivilgesellschaftlicher Kritikform und politischer Instrumentalisierung“, at Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (DGfP) in Tutzing, 12.-13. Juli 2019.
• „Humor und Militarisierung“ at Jahreskolloquium „Von der Friedensmacht zur Festung Europa?“ der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK) in Erfurt, 07-09. März 2019.
• „Schwierigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Politikberatung am Beispiel der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung" at 5. Junge Konferenz der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (AFK), Berlin, 11.-12. April 2018.

Panel Discussions

• 11.05.2021 „Ist Party politisch?” Podiumsdiskussion zum Christopher Street Day, OVGU Pride, Medienzentrum Kompakt Magdeburg.
• 05.12.2019 „Was sind Fake News?“ Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen des Programms „Studieren ab 50“.

Other Publications

• Radikalisierung und kollektive Gewalt zusammendenken, Tagungsbericht zur AFK-Nachwuchskonferenz „Radikalisierung und Kollektive Gewalt“, Wissenschaft und Frieden, 2/2021 [mit Julia Renner].
• Konferenzbericht zum AFK Kolloquium 2019, Wissenschaft und Frieden, 3/2019 [mit Alexandra Engelsdorfer].
• Rezension zu: Felix Koltermann (2017). Fotoreporter im Konflikt. Der internationale Fotojournalismus in Israel/Palästina. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, in: conflict & communication online, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2018 (www.cco.regener-online.de)

• Humor in international Relations
• Militarization     
• Constructivist and Poststructuralist theories of IR
• Multimodal discourse analysis
• History and memory
• Political scandals