Curriculum Vitae
Yvonne Förster
Education
2016
Habilitation through successful completion of the Juniorprofessorship, granting of the title Apl.-Professor
2009
Ph.D. in Philosophy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena (Germany). Grade: Summa cum laude.
Thesis: Die Zeit zwischen Subjekt und Objekt. Zum Verhältnis von Zeiterfahrung und Ontologie in der modernen Zeitphilosophie (Time between Subject and Object. Experience and Ontology of Time in Modern Philosophy of Time), published with Fink, München 2012
2004
M.A. (Magister Artium) in Philosophy, German Studies, and Romance Studies at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. Grade: Sehr gut (A)
Academic Positions
09/2023 – 02/2024
Visiting Professor for Philosophy at the University of Flensburg, Germany
01/2022 – 05/2022
Visiting Professor for Philosophy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
03/2020 – 03/2021
Visiting Professor for Philosophy at University of Kassel, Germany
2019 to date
Research Professor and Foreign Expert for Philosophy of Technology at Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China
2016 to date
Apl.-Professor for Philosophy, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2017/18
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science (40.000 Euro), funded by German Research Association (DFG), University of Konstanz, Germany
2008–09
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
2016/17
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS), funded by German Research Association (DFG) (25.000 Euro), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2010–16
Juniorprofessor (associate professor, non tenure-track) for Philosophy of Culture and Art, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2009–10
Visiting Professor for Aesthetics, Faculty for Design, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Non-Academic Engagements
2024-2025
Professional Training as Fashion Management Expert
2014- 2019
Scientific advisor to NEUN GmbH (Hamburg) in matters of philosophy of embodiment and cognitive sciences
2016- 2019
Scientific advisor to SAP futurists in matters of philosophy of technology and ethics
2017- 2018
Scientifc advisor to Key Values (Hamburg) in matters of philosophy of technology and ethics
2017- 2018
Conceptual counseling in public relations for Eudaimonia Consulting and Publishing GmbH (Ettlingen)
Work abroad
2022
Visiting Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Philosophy of Technology and Culture)
2019
Guest Teaching on Theory of Fashion, Embodiment and Technology:
– Aalto Universität Helsinki
– Grinnell College, USA
– Luther College, USA
– Tongji Universität Shanghai
– Shanxi Universität Taiyuan
2010-2013
Project development, networking and guest teaching in several Universities (Sungkyingkwan University, Chunnam University, Ehwa University, Myongji University) in South Korea (stay for a few months every year, one year in total)
Awards, Grants, Fellowships and Third-Party Funding
01/2021 – date
Senior Research Fellow at GCAS Dublin
11/2017-08/2018
Senior Research Fellow at Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science), University of Konstanz, Topic: Emergent Intelligences. Neural and Artificial Nets in Science, Cinema and Art
10/2016-03/2017
Research Fellow at Kulturwissenschaftliches Kolleg (Institute for Advanced Studies in Cultural Science), University of Konstanz, Topic: Emergent Intelligences. Neural and Artificial Nets in Science, Cinema and Art
2010-2015
Associate Partner in the EU-Project Metabody, Media Embodiment Tékhne and Bridges of Diversity
2010-2011
Participation in the international project Die Aktualität der Romantik, in cooperation between FSU Jena and Monash University Melbourne, Australia
2010-2014
Association in the international COST-project (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) TIMELY (Time In MEntaL activitY: theoretical, behavioral, bioimaging, and clinical perspectives)
2010
Award for best PhD thesis of the year, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2009
Postdoc fellowship, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Germany
2005-2008
Dissertation grant, Federal State of Thuringia, Germany
Editorial Board of International Journals
Popular Inquiry: The Journal of the Aesthetics of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture (Aalto University, Finnland)
Reviewing Activities
Memberships in Scientific Societies
German Association for Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie)
German Association for Aesthetics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ästhetik)
German Association for Phenomenological Research (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung)
Association for Cultural Sciences (Kulturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)