Curriculum Vitae
Education
2017
Habilitation Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
2006
PhD Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
2001
Magister Atrium Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Professional appointments
2024
Part-time lecturer, “Culture, Psychiatry, and the Politics of Madness”
Department of Anthropology, Tufts University, Boston
2023-2024
Visiting scholar
Department of Anthropology, Tufts University, Boston
2020
Affiliate researcher
Max-Planck Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, Department of Politics and Governance, Halle/Saale
2019-
Heisenberg position (equivalent to Senior Lecturer)
University of Leipzig, Institute of Anthropology
2018 - 2019
Postdoctoral research fellow
ERC project GLOBHEALTH at the Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé Mentale et Société (cermes3), Paris
2018
Stand-in professor for Prof. Dr. Ursula Rao
University of Leipzig, Institute of Anthropology
2016 - 2018
Postdoctoral research fellow
ERC project GLOBHEALTH at the Centre de Recherche Médecine, Sciences, Santé, Santé Mentale et Société (cermes3), Paris
2016
Visiting professor
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2015 - 2016
Stand-in professor for Prof. Dr. Helene Basu
Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
2015 - 2015
Employed research fellow Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Institute of Anthropology. Project leader of the project “The local reality of depression: Depression in the context of biomedicine and subjectivities of depressionin Kerala, South India“, funded by DFG
2014 - 2015
Stand-in professor for Prof. Dr. Frank Heidemann
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
2012 - 2016
Employed research fellow
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Institute of Anthropology. Project leader of the project “The local reality of depression: Depression in the context of biomedicine and subjectivities of depressionin Kerala, South India“, funded by DFG
2012 - 16
Mentee
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Mentoring Programm in the context of LMU excellent
2009 - 2011
Employed research fellow
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Institute of Anthropology. Project “Glocalizing depression in the context of Ayurvedic psychiatry in Kerala, South India”, funded by DFG
2007 - 2008
Employed lecturer
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology
2006 - 2007
Employed research fellow
Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Institute of Anthropology. Project "Local reception and transformation of the concept of depression in the medical pluralism of South Asia", funded by BGF
2002 - 2004
Employed research fellow
Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Institute of Anthropology. Project “Intersexual people between the two sexes” funded by BGF
Grants and fellowships
2019
German Research Foundation, LA 3225/2-1, Heisenberg grant: acquired grant of 553.500 Euro
2014
Bavarian Equal Opportunities Sponsorship for the habilitation for 12 months: acquired grant of 29.460 Euro
2012
German Research Foundation, research grant for the project “The local reality of depression: Depression in the context of biomedicine and subjectivities of depression in Kerala, South India“, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LA 3225/1-1): acquired grant of 263.300 Euro
2009
German Research Foundation, research grant for the project “Glocalizing depression in the context of Ayurvedic psychiatry in Kerala, South India”, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (HE 2034/18-1): assistance in the acquisition of the grant of 219.400 Euro
2006
Postdoctoral fellowship of the Bavarian Equal Opportunities Sponsorship, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich: acquired grant of 24.000 Euro
Languages
English: excellent
German: excellent
French: satisfactory
Malayalam: basic
Spanish: basic