Teaching

Current, previous, and earlier teaching experience — listed in reverse-chronological order.

Current Teaching

Decolonial Critiques of the Far Right

M.A. seminar · SoSe 2026 · Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Potsdam

This seminar uses decolonial theory and fascism studies to examine the global far-right and democratic backsliding beyond Eurocentric frameworks such as the Populist Radical Right. It asks how concepts like "far-right", "democracy", and "modernity" travel between Europe and the Americas, and where they break down. Readings address coloniality of power, epistemic violence, racism, religious conservatism, "anti-gender" mobilization, authoritarian neoliberalism, and security politics. Through discussions, short analytical papers, and research sketches, students develop reflexive, comparative approaches, connect theory to their own positionality, and confront ethical dilemmas in studying the far-right.

Previous Teaching

Comparative and Empirical Research on the Global Far Right

M.A. and B.A. seminar · WiSe 2025–26 · Institut für Soziologie, Freie Universität Berlin

This seminar immerses students in a global examination of the rise of far-right movements, employing qualitative mixed methods to explore radicalization, narratives, and mobilization strategies, moving from research design into data collection and analysis. Students implement and refine comparative projects on far-right dynamics across diverse contexts, building on cases from Argentina, Chile, Germany, the USA, France, or other cases they want to develop. Through collaborative work, students learn to apply qualitative methods such as interviews, digital content analysis, discourse analysis, and thematic coding, producing original empirical findings. The course emphasizes interdisciplinary exchange and cross-case comparison to explore differences and connections in far-right mobilization worldwide.

Beyond Borders: Exploring the Transnational Dynamics of the Far-Right through Mixed Methods

B.A. and M.A. seminar · SoSe 2025 · Institut für Soziologie, Freie Universität Berlin

Students learn and employ qualitative research methods to design research focused on exploring the rise of far-right movements globally. They are guided through the different stages of a research process while reflecting on the ethical, epistemological, and methodological considerations that converge. A comparative perspective is offered that encompasses Latin American and European cases. The course gives special emphasis to reflecting on the transnational dynamics of the far right, developing critical analysis skills in empirical social research.

Teaching Assistant Experience

Institute of Political Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2013–2017)

  • • Political Development of Chile (2013, 2014, 2015)
  • • Parties, Elections, and Democracy in Contemporary Chile (2015, 2017)
  • • Populism in Latin America (2016, 2017)
  • • Chilean Policy (2017)
  • • Political Ideologies (2017)