Weniger ist mehr. Zur Instrumentalität theoretischer Verkleinerungsarbeit. [Less is more. On the instrumentality of theoretical reduction.] Research colloquium “Theoretische Empirie”, Institute of Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. (2024)

Von der Grounded Theory zu Theories on the Ground. Theoretisch-empirische Herausforderungen einer Ethnographie der Philosophie. [From Grounded Theory to Theories on the Ground. Theoretical-empirical challenges of an ethnography of philosophy.] Research colloquium “Sozialforschung” organized by Rainer Diaz-Bone and Guy Schwegler, Sociology Seminar, University of Lucerne. (2024)

Sociology of Philosophy. Research colloquium zur Neuzeit/Kantforschung, Department of Philosophy, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. (2024)

Philosophy in conversation. Research colloquium “Theoretische Empirie”, Institute of Sociology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. (2023)

Theory Constellations: A sociological study of philosophical research (working title)

Philosophizing or doing philosophy is all too often understood as an activity that takes place in quiet contemplation and thoughtfulness, not only away from society but also emptied of any sociality. The aim of the dissertation project is to take a closer look at everyday philosophizing. To this end, the study examines theoretical work (in) academic philosophy as an ethnographic research subject. Philosophical research is understood as a place of experimental thinking permeated by sociality, which can usually be understood empirically as thinking in observable experimentation. The project focuses equally on university discussion formats and seemingly solitary reading and writing processes and draws on considerations from the sociology of science. What is the nature of the philosophical “laboratory” or the “epistemic thing” of philosophy? With the outlined research design, the dissertation aims to place the ’empirical theory’ of an epistemic culture in the humanities alongside the sociology of scientific knowledge.