Various
Academic and Non-Academic Activities
Academic Activites
I’m co-founder and organiser of the Workshop on Welfare and Ethics (WoW), which has been taking place annually since 2021 at Saarland University gathering philosophers from all over the world working on the concept, the axiology, and the ethics of welfare or well-being. You can find the websites of the previous iterations here.
I’m an active reviewer for various philosophy journals, including the Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Politics, Philosophical Quarterly, and Utilitas.
From 2020 to 2023, I was Vice President of the German Society for Utilitarianian Studies (Gesellschaft für Utilitarismusstudien e.V.), whose purpose is not to convince people to become Utilitarians but to promote studies of Utilitarianism. See https://www.utilitarismusstudien.de/ (unfortunately only in German).
Non-Academic Activities
I was an assistant in the art project Social Isolation and Loneliness of Migrants developed and led by Azita Asadikenari – a great artist and fashion designer. For more on her work see her website: https://azita-asadi.com/ The project includes a fashion art film and a documentary movie about the project, and it was presented at Kunstverein Galerie Montez in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Some impressions of the project in general and the exhibition can be found on Azita’s website, in particular here.
Over the years, I’ve been active in various cultural and political non-governmental organisations. For example:
I’m co-founder and was President from 2009 to 2020 of z.kollektiv e.V., an association for collective culture organising non-profit events such as music events, concerts, art exhibitions, theatre etc. in Germany, mostly in Dresden, Berlin, Brandenburg, and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
I was a member of the Association Against Xenophobia and Racism from 2005 to 2008, a local organisation in Schwedt/Oder, Germany.
I’m co-founder and was co-organiser from 2005 to 2008 of a youth project for bands and concerts in Schwedt/Oder, Germany; funded by “5000xZukunft” of “Aktion Mensch e.V.”