Openness and Closure: Conceptualisation and Explanation of Cultural and Social Openness (working title)

FB 02: Institute of Sociology, Chair of Social Stratification, Univ.-Prof. Dr Gunnar Otte

Scientific career
Since 2023Doctoral studies in Sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2019–2022Master studies in Sociology at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2016–2019Bachelor studies in Sociology (major) and Criminal Justice (minor) at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Professional experience & Teaching
Since 2023Research Fellow in the BMBF-Project: “Cultural Education and Cultural Participation in Germany” and Teaching Fellow, Chair of Social Stratification (Prof. Dr. Gunnar Otte), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2021–2022Tutor within the scope of the empirical project “Conditions and preferences of student living in a discrete choice experiment” in the master programme in Sociology at Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2018–2023Student Research Assistant in the project “Cultural Education and Cultural Participation in Germany”, Chair of Social Stratification (Prof. Dr. Gunnar Otte), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Scholarships and awards
Since 2025Junior fellow of the Gutenberg Academy Fellows Program, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2023Award as one of the best graduates of the year, Institute of Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2021Winner of the ALLBUS Young Talent Award with the bachelor thesis “Social status and ethical consumption over time” (awarded by GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim)
2020–2021Scholarship offered by the “Deutschlandstipendium” at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Teaching
Summer semester 2023, 2024, 2025: Seminar ‘Social Structure and Comparison of Societies’, B.A. Sociology
Winter semester 2023/24, 2024/25: Project seminar “’Practical training module: Quantitative focus”’, B.A. Sociology
Ongoing: Supervision of Bachelor theses, B.A. Sociology