Research projects
Digitale Sinnlenkung
How do algorithms and AI-mediated platforms shape religious narratives, values and ideas of a good life? This interdisciplinary project examines their educational and ethical implications.
- Funded phase
- April–September 2026
- Collaborators
- Britta Lübke and Pierre Sfendules; student collaborators Jonas Schaper and Marieke Müller.
- Funding
- Hanse University Alliance
HARMONIE
A research project on AI-supported intraoperative ultrasound localisation of markers and tumours following neoadjuvant breast cancer therapy. I contribute as a researcher at the Universität zu Lübeck.
- Role
- Researcher, Universität zu Lübeck, since September 2026
- Funding
- BMFTR
HARMONIE at Universität zu Lübeck ↗ · Related workshop: Fibonacci’s Garden 3 →
Mathematics and AI Systems: Incentives and Scientific Integrity
Research on mathematics, AI systems, incentives and scientific integrity. I am a project member; the principal investigator is José Antonio Pérez-Escobar.
- Role
- Project member since October 2026
- Funding
- Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
AI literacy workshops in higher education
With Christian Herzog, I co-lead workshops that support reflection on AI and its use in higher education.
- Role
- Workshop co-lead with Christian Herzog
- Funding
- Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre
The workshops bring participants together to explore AI literacy and reflect on responsible uses of AI in higher education.
RhetAI: research challenges on AI, rhetoric and education
I contribute to interdisciplinary RhetAI research challenges. In the 2026–2027 team for the Center for Humane Technology, we examine narratives in AI developers’ advertising. I also co-authored the white paper Navigating the AI Era in Higher Education as part of an earlier research challenge.
Naproche: frames and mathematical language
I am part of the frame branch of Naproche, investigating mathematical texts, linguistic frames and the interpretation of mathematical proofs.
Naproche project ↗ · Research projects at Universität Duisburg-Essen ↗
Young academies
Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)
My work at AGYA includes:
- Dynamics of Transformation: working-group member.
- Arab and German Education: working-group member and one of the members in charge, alongside Samantha Ruppel and Abdulsatar Sultan.
Global Young Academy (GYA)
My GYA activities include:
- Young Academies Committee and the Committee on Advancing Equity and Anti-Discrimination.
- Research Assessment: working-group member, examining how evaluation can recognise researchers’ different contributions to science and society.
- Curiosity-driven research: with Carina Geldhauser, I invited contributions to an edited volume on its practices and possibilities.
Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
I am a member of the Young Academy of Europe and participated in its panel AI and the Future of Science at Building Bridges 2026.
Young Academy Fellows, Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg
My activities include:
- YAF lecture series.
- Artificial Cognitive Systems: member of the working group on their potentials and limits.
- Science and Society-Comics: a developing follow-up to the academy’s Wissenschaftscomics initiative.
Academic networks
Young Network for Wittgensteinian Philosophy (YNWP)
A network I co-founded to connect researchers through colloquia, meetings and exchange on Wittgensteinian philosophy.
Committee for the Ethics of Safety- and Security-Relevant Research (KEsF)
I support the KEsF at the Universität zu Lübeck and help organise its public events on ethical questions and risks associated with research and technology.
Education & outreach
Campus Möbius
I co-founded Campus Möbius to connect curious young people with researchers and practitioners. Our courses explore mathematics, philosophy and other subjects through questions, discussion and discovery.
Co-founder · Since 2025
UNESCO World Logic Day
Since October 2023, I have coordinated the international initiative, connecting activities that make logic visible across disciplines and communities.
aboutlogic
With Thorsten Altenkirch, I host conversations about logic, mathematics, philosophy and theoretical computer science.
William-Stern-Gesellschaft
As vice-chair, I help organise mathematical enrichment courses for young people.
About AI, Light and Living Beings
An interdisciplinary collaboration bringing performance, AI research, epistemology and perspectives on light physics into conversation.
Earlier research & initiatives
The Epistemology of Big Data
My postdoctoral research at Vrije Universiteit Brussel examined mathematics and data practices in a project led by Patrick Allo and Karen François.
2022–2025 · FWO project
Theoretical virtues of conjectures
DAAD-funded postdoctoral research on theoretical virtues of conjectures and open questions in mathematical practice at the University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark.
2023
Copenhagen announcement ↗ · Problem Posing workshop (2023) ↗ · Workshop details →
VaViM: Virtues and Vices in Mathematics
I was a virtual guest of the VaViM project during my doctoral research on mathematical practice.
What Makes Stories Similar?
As a student assistant in this Universität Hamburg research project, I worked on formal and empirical approaches to narrative and organised a course on formal approaches to narrative research.
deinfachstudieren e.V.
I founded and managed this initiative to support pupils from immigrant backgrounds in preparing for university study in the humanities.
2010–2017
Ideas for future collaboration
Topics I would be interested in exploring with others include:
- AI literacy, participatory technology design and fair access to education.
- Science advice, public trust and the role of diverse forms of knowledge.
- Communicating logic and mathematical research across languages and cultures.
- Combining philosophy, the arts and visual storytelling to discuss science and society.