Dr. phil. Martin Döring

"There is no science without fancy,
and no art without facts."

(Vladimir Nabokov)
Dr. phil. Martin Döring
University of Hamburg
FSP BIOGUM / FG Medizin
Lottestr. 55
D - 22529 Hamburg, Germany
Phone: 0049-(0) 40/ 74 10-5 63 13
Fax: 0049-(0)40/ 74 10-5 63 15
E-Mail: martin.doering[at]uni-hamburg.de
Publications
What happens when Döring works too much?
Professional Background

Since 2010 project manager in of the project “Towards a Holistic Conception of Life: Epistemic Presumptions and Socio-cultural Implications of Systems Biology”(THCL).
Since November 2006 employed as research fellow at the Research Centre for Biotechnology, Society and the Environment in the subproject IV Aetiology and Prevention: competing hypotheses on the relation between internal and external factors of "Metabolic Syndrome". (BMBF – Research Network “The Preventive Self: An Emerging Form of Life“).
2005 – 2006 employed as research fellow at the GKSS-Research Centre Geesthacht in the Institute for Coastal Research www.gkss.de.
2003 – 2005 employed as research fellow at the University of Nottingham at the Institute for the Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society www.nottingham.co.uk/iss.
2003 employed as a guest scientist at the University of Radboud, Nijmegen in the Centre for German Studies.
1997 – 2002 employed as research-associate at the University of Hamburg in the Institute for Romance Studies as well as in the Centre for Media and Media Culture.
1989 – 1996 completed undergraduate study in Romanic Studies and Art History at the University of Hamburg as well as the Université de Sorbonne, Paris.

Fields of Work

Scientific-discursive Construction of Disease and Prevention (Focus: Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and Obesogenic Environments)
Media-discursive Construction of Biotechnological Innovation and „bioethical Cultures / Cultures of Bioethics“ (Focus: Embryonic Stem Cell, Pre-implantation Diagnostics and Systems Biology)
Scientifically informed regulation of Functional Foods
Linguistic and Aspects of Environmental Discourse
Minority Languages and Linguistic of Minorities in Europe

Co-Editor

Online science journal "metaphorik.de", www.metaphorik.de
Book series “Embodiments from MatteRealities: Perspectives of Empirical Scientific Research“ (together with Jörg Niewöhner) Transcript Verlag Bielefeld. Information about the book series can be found at the website: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/main/soz_vko.php .