I am an Assistant Professor of German Studies at the School of International Liberal Studies at Waseda University in Tokyo.

I teach a range of thematically diverse seminars here, including courses on youth language, democracy and authoritarianism in Germany, migration history, and an introduction to linguistics.

In my research, I am interested in (linguistic) discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and democracy, authoritarianism and fascism, as well as migration and memory politics.

In 2025, my first monograph on soft-authoritarian discourse practices in France under Emmanuel Macron was published. It can be downloaded for free here.

From 2019 to 2025, I worked at the University of Bremen in the interdisciplinary “Research Group Soft Authoritarianisms” and wrote my doctoral dissertation.

Together with the Bremen group, we organized three international fall and summer schools, most recently in 2024 jointly with Central European University in Budapest. More information can be found here.

Before that, I worked for a while as a teacher of German as a foreign language, including in São Carlos, Brazil.

In my free time, I enjoy doing judo and hold a second-degree black belt. I am also passionate about coaching and particularly enjoy teaching young people in this wonderful martial art. The achievements of our Bremen club can be found here.