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 from 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. Currently, I am enrolled at New York University's XE program as a Fulbright Austria scholar.

Work experience

2019-ongoing Lecturer, consultant and workshop leader on the topic of abuse of power in general and sexual harassment in particular
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, seminar management
2014-2015 Freelance journalist and intern 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

2024 Central European University Public lecture "It's not that grey"
2023 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 Presentation of the book "It's not that grey"
Presentation of "It's not that grey" for Equinet Europe

Language skills

German - first language

English - fluent

French - fluent