(Comparative Political Science, Discourse Approaches &
Policy Studies, Emotions and Policy Studies)
since February 2006
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Romanistic Studies,
Masaryk University Brno, (Theory of Language & Discourse Studies)
October 2005
-February 2009
Doctoral Research Fellow,
Life-Science-Governance Research Platform, University of Vienna
March
-September 2005
Research & Teaching Assistance,
Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
September 2004
-February 2005
Administrative Manager & Contract Researcher
Research Group Transformation In Public Policy (TIPP),
University of Vienna
Academic Fellowships
December 2009
Fellowship of the Political Studies Association (Official Representative, Political Studies Association, New Zealand Political Studies Association Annual Meeting 2009, University of Auckland)
March – June 2009
MOEL- Fellowship, Austrian Science Society (ÖFG), Charles University Prague, Department of Political Science
September 2006
Fellowship of German Academic Exchange Agency (DAAD) Neuphilologische Fakultät, Karl-Eberhard Universität , Tübingen
December 2004
Research Fellow of the French Government (Boursière du Gouvernement Français), Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
Conferences & Invited talks - Selection
17th – 20th October 2012
Joint Meeting of the European Association of Studies in Science and Technology (EAST) and Society for Social Study of Science (4S)
hosted by the University of Copenhagen, Paper giver “Politics of Intimacy: Rethinking the End-of-Life Controversy.”
5th – 7th July 2012
7th Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference
hosted by University of Tilburg.
Panel convenor : [together with Michael Orsini] Emotions in Policy Analysis
4th – 7th
April 2012
PSA General Conference, hosted by the University of Belfast,
Panel convenor: [together with Mathias Delori] “Re-visiting Language-Based Approaches to Policy Analysis” & Discussant
8th February 2012
Invited Talk, Department of Government, University of Essex:
“Governing Through Intimacy”
25th-27th
August 2011
6th ECPR General Conference, University of Reykjavik, Iceland. Panel convenor: [together with Mathias Delori] “Re-visiting Language-Based Approaches to Policy Analysis”. Paper: “It is the other stupid. Explanatory Value of French Discourse Linguistics for Policy Analysis”
15th – 17th
June 2011
Essex Critical Political Theory Conference,
University of Essex, Colchester: Paper: “‘It is the other stupid.’ Explanatory Value of French Discourse Linguistics for Poststructuralist Political Theory.”
2nd-5th September 2010
Annual Meeting of American Political Studies Association,
Washington D.C. Section “Critical Policy Studies”, Paper:
“Governing Through Intimacy: Sharing Meanings
In Healthcare Policy Formulations”
3rd
November 2010
Université Franche-Comté Besancon, Invited Talk:
“S’en laver les mains: A propos du mariage de raison entre Science et Politique.” [Washing hands: Marriage of Reason between Science and Politics]
30th November
– 1stDecember 2009
NZPSA 2009, Conference of the New Zealand Political Studies Association, hosted by the Department of Political Studies at the University of Auckland, NZ. Paper: “Towards emotion sensitive policy analysis – example of politics of intimacy”
28th October
-2nd November 2009
Annual Meeting, Society for Social Study of Science,
Washington, DC, USA. Paper: “Investigating Intimacy in the Social Study of Science: Policies on Dying.”
21st – 23rd June 2009
4th Conference on Interpretive Policy Analysis, University of Kassel, Germany: Panel Convenor & Chair: Emotions in Policy Analysis: Theory and Interpretation. Paper: “Investigating Intimacy: Research on Dying Policies”.
University of Manchester. Panel Convenor: “Emotions as political and interpretative triggers”, Paper: “(Re)searching a political space for emotions: the case of end-of-life policies.”
19th – 21st June 2008
3rd International Conference in Interpretive Policy Analysis,
University of Essex, UK. Paper: “Pragmatic Linguistics Re-visited within the Interpretative Policy Analysis: Discourses on Dying”.
6th – 9th September 2007
4th General Conference of European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), University of Pisa. Paper: “To die or not to die: Professionalizing the Empathy as a New Practice for End-of-life Policy.”
Coordinated Projects
Since October 2012
Coordinator: “Negotiating Truth: Discourses on Hand Washing Semmelweis and Politics of Emotions” funded by Hertha-Firnberg Programme, Austrian Funding agency
Budget: 180. 000 €
September 2009
-June 2010
Coordinator [together with Philippe Zittoun], 5th International Interpretive Policy Analysis Conference, Institute of Political Studies, Grenoble, France.
[Funding: French Political Science Association,
PACTE – Research Center for Public Policy Grenoble, Institute of Political Studies of Grenoble, University of Lyon, City of Grenoble, “Rhônes-Alpes“ ]
Budget 65.000€
2008 - 2009
Coordinator of the Serie of Methodological Workshops,
[External Funding by Austrian Ministry of Science: 10.000€]
Budget: 30.800€
June 2007
-November 2007
Coordinator of the International Conference: „Testing Genes, profiling DNA: Global Governance of Genomics between hopes, duties and security“, Brno, Czech Republic. Cooperation with Mendel Centre in Brno, Charles University Prague, Central European University Budapest.
[External Funding: “ASO”, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna: 6.000€]
Budget: 15.000€
Other cooperation
since 2011
University of Amsterdam (Dvora Yanow), University de Montfort (Steven Griggs), CESES, Charles University Prague (Martin Nekola and Martin Potůček): Prague Workshop in Interpretive Policy Analysis
since 2010
European Institute, Florence (Matthias Delori): Organisation of panel series “Revisiting language-based approaches to Policy Analysis” convened at 61st PSA Annual Meeting in London 2011 and the 6th ECPR conference 2011,
hosted by University of Reykjavik
since 2008
Europhilosophie, Université Tolouse II -Mirail (Jean-Christophe Goddard, Arnaud François, Guillaume Sibertin-Blanc): Lecturer in the Annual Summer Academy on Philosophy and Social Sciences,
“Organisation of Francophone Research in Social Sciences” (OFFRES)
of Vienna (Georg Weitzer): Life-Science-Governance Seminar,
Interdisciplinary seminar for MA students
2006 - 2008
Centre for Applied Ethics, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany & EUBIOS Ethics Institute: Vice-Coordinator of the European Summer Academy of Bioethics, under the patronage of UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee [teaching workshops on end-of-life issues, dissemination, assistance in organization of keynote addresses]
Reviews & Academic Functions
Reviews for Journals: Evidence & Policy; Central European Journal of Public Policy;
Meta: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy; Critical Policy Studies; Politologická Revue
Other Reviews: National Funding Agency of Czech Republic (GAČR);
Diploma Thesis Award of Austrian Association of Political Science (ÖGPW);
Austrian Academic Exchange Society (ÖAAD)
Spokesperson of POWI 04: the Initiative for Graduates, Austrian Association of Political Science
Editor: Austrian Journal for Political Science (ÖZP), Critical Policy Studies (Book Review Editor)
Special Guest Editor: Austrian Journal for Political Science (1/2010), Revue Française de Science Politique (4/2011) ; European Political Science
Columnist on European Politics (social policy, health care policy, populism) Hospodářské Noviny, Týden
July 2008
Lecturer at “KinderUni”, Summer University for Children, University of Vienna. Course “What does it mean to be at the end of life?” (Summary diffused on Österreich1, 1st November 2009)
2005 - 2008
Interpreter: Moravian Gallery Brno (German), E.ON (German), Wahr-Falsch Pallaver 2006 (German), Podium discussion organized by Graduate Centre of the University of Vienna (English)
