CV

This site is primarily a way for me to collect citations for my PhD dissertation, which is in Political Philoso­phy. You are welcome to share any ideas inspired by the snippets I post here and to turn them into an opportunity for the engagement that is so vital to any truly open society.

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Job Experience

Secondary Education

• Supply teacher (substitute teacher, to our American friends) of History, Political Science, and English at Victor-Klemperer-Kolleg, Berlin (3-6.2011 & 1.2012)

Higher Education

• Visiting Lecturer for Scientific Writing at PICB Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences (5.2010 & 4.2011)
• Lecturer for English, Scientific Writing, and Public Speaking, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Free University of Berlin (2004−2010)
• Visiting Lecturer for Scientific Writing at: Berlin Mathematical School; Dahlem Research School; Graduate School of North American Studies, John F. Kennedy Institute for American Studies, FUB; Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, FUB; Cluster of Excellence “Languages of Emotion”, FUB (2007−2010)
• Coaching of faculty and students in Teaching Skills, English, Scientific Writing, and Public Speaking

Journalism

• Freelance writer since 2003; published in national newspapers (Berliner Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Neues Deutschland, taz) and online magazines (telepolis, Technology Review)
• Intern writer at the Economics magazine brand eins, Hamburg (12.2002−2.2003)
• Staff writer with Europe’s premier computer magazine, c’t, Hannover (2000−2002)

Academic Background

• PhD student in Political Philosophy at FUB (2009–)
• MA in Applied Linguistics (Mainz, Germany)
• BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and European Studies (Bristol, UK)
• BSc in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology from FUB

Published Articles

• Anti-Rechter Zweck heiligt die Mittel
  Why a German High Court ruling allowing discrimination on grounds of political views is wrong.
  telepolis, 22 Mar 2012
• Was ist ein guter Lehrer?
  Teachers shouldn’t primarily be experts, they should be great explainers.
  Neues Deutschland, 16 Mar 2012
• Fragen stellen statt Köpfe füllen
  How we get at, and develop, the potential hidden in our students.
  Frankfurter Rundschau, 25 Nov 2011
• Noten sind der Feind von Bildung
  On grades and how they poison education.
  Neues Deutschland, 11 Nov 2011
• Warum Faust? Schule als Lernanstalt
  Let schools focus on what’s really important: learning.
  Neues Deutschland, 23 Sep 2011
• Intellektueller Selbstmord
  The theologian Richard Schröder and the anti-intellectualism of accusations of ‘scientism’.
  telepolis, 8 Mar 2011
• Angst statt Sicherheit
  How we are sacrificing liberty for security.
  telepolis, 11 Dec 2010
• Das Ideal der Selbstaufklärung
  On the myth of an independent mass media.
  taz, 15 Nov 2010
• Von neuem Leben und Argumenten aus dem Mittelalter
  Not all opinions are created equal.
  Technology Review, 11 Jun 2010
• Mehr Freiheit wagen!
  What it means to be a liberal.
  taz, 29 Mar 2010
• Bildung des mündigen Bürgers
  What are the aims of education?
  Berliner Zeitung, 2 Oct 2009
• Bischof Huber: Gott ist nicht real
  The bishop of Berlin, Wolfgang Huber, explains why there is certainly no god in our universe.
  telepolis, 21 May 2009
• Sind 150 Jahre ohne Darwin nicht genug?
  The Darwin bicentennial: What his revolutionary theory is really about.
  Technology Review, 12 Feb 2009
• Yes, we can!
  Why we need inspiring politics.
  NachDenkSeiten, 3 Jul 2008
• Traumberuf Hofberichterstatter
  Journalism’s noblest goal: an enlightened citizenship.
  telepolis, 26 Jun 2008
• “Angriff auf die öffentliche Ordnung”
  On rationality: the bedrock of a free society.
  telepolis, 23 Mar 2008
• „Weniger heiße Luft, mehr Effizienz“
  An interview on climate change with Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker.
  Technology Review, 12 Dec 2007
• Zu kurz gedacht: Schäuble und seine Kritiker
  The security state vs. the constition: which side are we on?
  telepolis, 10 Dec 2007
• Streit um Darwin
  Why scientific thinking needs a shot in the arm.
  Technology Review, 10 Aug 2007
• Kidnapping an den elektronischen Wahlurnen?
  Election fraud in the US?
  telepolis, 23 Nov 2004
• Regime Change
  First Saddam, now the BBC.
  telepolis, 4 Feb 2004
• Die ARD auf Geisterjagd
  Television for the gullible—how public broadcasters betray their mission.
  telepolis, 19 Nov 2003