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Katarina Marej, M.A.

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Transformative research, normativity and societal relevance of academia
  • Political culture (qualitative), political emotions, ideology and indoctrination
  • Narratives of social cohesion, citizenship concepts in international comparison
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals, Culture of Peace, Education for Peace
  • Collective and individual identity constructions and transformations, history politics/memory culture
  • Semiotics, Cultural studies, postcolonialism, feminism

Academic Education

07/2025 - 01/2027Masterclass, Education Management and Marketing, iu International University
05/2019 - 04/2026Social cohesion, political culture and social sustainability. Contributions from cultural studies to an interdisciplinary methodology
2014
2004Dipl. Verw.-wirtin (FHöV Köln)

Functions and Memberships

since 04/2016Beisitzerin, Vorstand, Frauennetzwerk für Frieden
02/2022 - 11/2024Mitglied des Sprecher:innenrats, Council Platform for civil conflict transformation
2018 - 2023Councellor IPRA (International Peace Research Association)

Publications

Sounds of Sustainability. Emotionale Ästhetiken planetarer Verantwortung in der Popmusik
Marej, Katarina; Philipp, Thorsten (2026)
In: Soziologie und Nachhaltigkeit, 12(1).
Research article (journal)
A landscape of hope for social transformation: mapping emotional resonance in times of crisis
Marej, Katarina (2026)
In: Leal, Walter (eds.), Sustainability and Spirituality: Building Ecologies of Hope. Cham: Springer Publishing.
Research article (book contribution)
Utopie als Methode der Re-Politisierung: Henry Giroux zwischen Kritik und Hoffnung
Marej, Katarina (2026)
In: Holfelder, Anne-Katrin / Kminek, Helge (eds.), Zum Beitrag pädagogischer Klassiker für die Theoriebildung im Forschungsfeld „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung“. Opladen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Research article (book contribution)
Trust by Design, Kritik durch Humor. „Qualityland“ als Reflexionsmedium (in) der algorithmischen Gesellschaft
Marej, Katarina (2026)
In: Leistert, Oliver / Missomelius, Petra / Schipflinger, Marie / Wintterlin, Florian (eds.), Zukunft des Vertrauens: Trust by Design. Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press.
Research article (book contribution)
Künstliche Resonanz? Chatten mit KI als dialogische Medienpraxis zwischen Anrufen und Antworten
Marej, Katarina (2026)
In: Leineweber, Christian / Witt, Claudia de (eds.), Liken – Tiktoken – Prompten: Medienpraktiken im Diskurs. Individuelle und kollektive Handlungsmuster der (Post-)Digitalität. Hagen: Fernuniversität Hagen.
Research article (book contribution)
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Projects

Verbundprojekt: Zusammenhaltsnarrative miteinander erarbeiten - Teilprojekt: Entwicklung forschungsbasierter Strategien der politischen Bildung für eine… (ZUNAMI)
Duration: 01/02/2018 - 31/01/2021
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
Pluralisation of local urban security production - interdisciplinary Analysis for a context adequate, legitimate, efficient and effective plural policing (PluS-i)
Duration: 01/06/2017 - 31/05/2022
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space
Type of project: Participation in federally funded joint project
Spreading Young Non-discrimination Generation - SPRYNG (SPRYNG)
Duration: 01/06/2017 - 01/06/2020
Funded by: EC - Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
Kooperationspartnerin im Projekt „Friedenslogik weiterdenken“ der Plattform Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung, gefördert durch Bundesmittel des Programms zivik –… (zivik)
Duration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2017
Type of project: Own resources project
Konzeption, Durchführung und Auswertung einer Bürger- und Unternehmensbefragung im Kreis Steinfurt zum Flughafen Münster/Osnabrück
Duration: 01/03/2015 - 31/12/2015
Funded by: Kreis Steinfurt
Type of project: Individual project
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Talks

„That was the river, this is the sea“: Symbolic forms of water as conceptual metaphors of hope in pop music
Marej, Katarina (15/06/2026)
ISFNR (International Society for Folk Narrative Research) Interim conference: Nature(s) in Narrative, Rejkjavik
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Experiencing Third Spaces in between University and Society: Transdisciplinary Learning Experiences in a Shopping Center
Philipp, Thorsten; Marej, Katarina (20/06/2023)
International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd), Valencia
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Political Culture (Research) and Citizenship (Studies) between Functionalism and Constructivism
Marej, Katarina (24/08/2022)
ECPR General Conference, Innsbruck
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Ideational aspects of migration and integration policy, politics and governance
Marej, Katarina co-chair with Kalev, Leif (24/08/2022)
ECPR General Conference, Innsbruck
Type of talk: scientific Talk
Political Culture (Research) and Citizenship (Studies) between Functionalism and Constructivism
Marej, Katarina (24/08/2022)
ECPR General Conference 2022, Innsbruck
Type of talk: scientific Talk
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