Research Focus Areas
- Social, everyday, and cultural history of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Cultures of remembrance and restitution
- Digital Humanities | Digital History
- Historical youth research | Pop history
- National Socialist concentration camps | Auschwitz concentration camp | SS special camp/Hinzert concentration camp
- Agricultural history | Rural society
- History of the police | Gestapo research
- Media history
- Regional history
- Otherness and poverty
- Public History
Roles/Memberships
University of Trier
- IT Representative for the History Department
- Member of the Departmental Council (Faculty III) [2008–2016]
- Information and Communication (IuK) Representative for Faculty III
- Member of the Senate Commission for Academic Information Provision and Infrastructure [2001–2026; currently: Deputy Member]
- Member of the Senate Commission for Staffing Review Procedures
- Representative for Digital Teaching for the History Department since the 2020 summer semester [–2024]
Outside the University of Trier
- Association for Quantification and Methods in Historical and Social Research (QUANTUM) Homepage
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geschichte und EDV e.V. (AGE) Homepage / Intern. Association for History and Computing (AHC)
* Head of the AGE (2013-2017) - Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands (VHD) Homepage
* Member of the Workgroup "Digitale Geschichtswissenschaft" Homepage - Sonderforschungsbereich 600: Fremdheit und Armut (University Trier, 2002-2012) Homepage
- Researchcluster "Gesellschaftliche Abhängigkeiten und soziale Netzwerke" (Universities of Trier and Mainz, concluded) Homepage
- Chrześcijańskie Stowarzyszenie Rodzin Oświęcimskich Homepage
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polizeigeschichte e.V. Homepage
- Freundeskreis Trierer Universität e.V. Homepage
- CLARIN-D, Facharbeitsgruppe 8 "Geschichtswissenschaften" Homepage
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Association "NS-Familien-Geschichte: hinterfragen - erforschen - aufklären e.V." Homepage
- Comité scientifique des Musée national de la Résistance [et des Droits Humains] in Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxemburg) Homepage
- Member of the Board of the association "Erinnern & Gedenken in Rheinland-Pfalz. Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Gedenkstätten, Erinnerungsorte und -initiativen [zur NS-Zeit]" e.V. (LAG RLP) Homepage
- Advisory member der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Erinnerungsarbeit (LAGE) im Saarland Homepage
- Member of the Wissenschaftlichen Fachbeirat zur Gedenkarbeit in Rheinland-Pfalz
- Volunteer Archive Curator at the Landesarchiv Speyer
- Examiner at the Rhineland-Palatinate Police University
- Member and Chairman of the Fachkommission zur Erstellung eines Konzepts zur Prüfung der Trierer Straßennamen
- Deputy member of the Beirat für Fördermöglichkeiten der Gedenkarbeit in Rheinland-Pfalz der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
- Member of the Gesellschaft für Rheinische Geschichtskunde (Historische Kommission des Rheinlandes) Homepage
Awards
- 2013 Teaching Award of the University of Trier (Faculty III)
- 2015 Förderpreis Ehrenamt for the Workcamp "Buddeln und Bilden" (Landesjugendring Saar e.V.)
- 2022 Shortlist (8 courses) for the University of Trier Teaching Award
