Biography
Education
I lived in New York City for two years as a Fulbright Austria scholar and got my Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies at NYU.
Prior to that, I studied Comparative Literature and Psychology at the University of Vienna and UCL Université Catholique de Louvain (BE) in German, English, and French.
Work experience
- 2024-ongoing Coordinator and facilitator of the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project GenderSAFE
- 2023 Processing Foundation fellow
- 2021–2023 Fulbright Austria scholar at New York University
- 2019-ongoing Lecturer, consultant, trainer
- 2020-2021 co-curator of the event series "Be:Longing"; kültürgemma
- 2020-2021 Co-organiser of The European Feminist Platform, Heinrich Böll Foundation Brussels
- 2019-2021 host and producer of the podcast "Warum eigentlich" for A&W magazine
- 2016-2020 Co-organiser momentum Congress
- 2015-2018 Political advisor in the European Parliament
- 2015 Co-initiator of the feminist network "period Brussels", organisation, content design, workshop management
- 2014-2015 Freelance journalist for various Austrian media outlets including Wiener Zeitung, profil online, NZZ.at
- 2014-2015 Co-initiator & co-chair of the association "amira - Menschenrechte in Aktion" (Human Rights in Action)
- 2012-2015 Co-initiator and campaigner of the anti-corruption and FOI initiative transparenzgesetz.at (today: Forum Informationsfreiheit) and Parteispenden.at
Public presentations, lectures, moderations
- Keynote at University of Alicante, Uni4Equity Conference
- GenderSAFE webinar "On reporting intersectional cases of gender-based violence" with Dr. Bontu Lucie Guschke
- Keynote for executive officers, Austrian ministry of justice
- Keynote at the Austrian labour market AMS annual leadership seminar
- Workshop for equality officers, Austrian labour market AMS
- Workshop for equality officers, Austrian Academy of Science ÖAW
- Workshop with the University of Aachen's rectorate
- Leadership & Bystander Training: Cluster of Excellence Quantum Frontiers
- Workshop with The Icelandic Confederation of Labour (ASÍ), Reykjavik
- Abuse of power behind the scenes -- Linz Club Commission
- Power abuse in film with Austrian Film Institute's ÖFI Talent Lab, cooperation: D/Arts
- GenderSAFE webinar "Towards a zero-tolerance approach" with Aoife Grimes, Rape Crisis Center Dublin
- 2024 "A toxic climate", lecture at the Austrian Climate Ministry
- "Desert Writing Lab - writing against the climate crisis", Bulk Space, Michigan, Detroit
- Power abuse in academia, University of Bonn
- Patterns of power abuse in economics, annual conference Verein für Socialpolitik
- Abuse of power in media, re:think media
- "Stop Femi(ni)zide - Aktion gegen systemische Morde", Theaterkollektiv Hybrid
- Decoding various patterns of harassment, Sexual Harassment Awareness Day, ETH Zürich
- "Empowering Women Journalists: Breaking Barriers to union leadership and combating violence and harassment", IFJ Gender Council, Erbil
- Central European University Public lecture "It's not that grey"
- 2023
- Keynote "Safe at Work" for Syndicat European Trade Union, Brussels
- Red Flag Day, Lecture at Salzburg University Mozarteum
- Grauzonen gibt es nicht - Lecture via the cross-university network Genderplattform
- Grauzonen Lecture at Leibniz University Hannover
- 2021: A panel of the Dutch party Bij1 on "activism X parliamentary politics" - what happens when activists get into parliaments (from minute 50:00)?
- UNESCO workshop "Radical Diversity im Kultursektor"
- 2017 Track moderation: "Europa: In Vielfalt vereint?", momentum congress in Hallstatt
- 2019
- Book launch "It's not that grey"
- Presentation "It's not that grey" for Equinet Europe
Language skills
German - first language
English - fluent
French - fluent