Ulrich v. Wedelstaedt, M.A.

Box: 41
Phone: +49 (0) 7531 88-5052
Room: F 502
Email: ulrich.wedelstaedt@uni-konstanz.de


Research Interests

  • Communication under pressure, i.a. anaesthesia/intensive care medicine, high-class sports, violent/armed conflicts

      Publications (selection)

      • 2013: Skopische Sozialität: Sichtbarkeitsregime und visuelle Praktiken im Boxen. In: Soziale Welt 64 (Special Issue "Visuelle Soziologie", ed. by Alejandro Baer & Bernd Schnettler): 69-95 (with Christian Meyer).
      • 2015: Teamsubjekte: Rituelle Körpertechniken und Formen der Vergemeinschaftung im Spitzensport. In: Robert Gugutzer & Michael Staack (eds.): Rituale und Körper. Sozial- und kulturwissenschaftliche Zugänge und Analysen. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 97-124. (with Christian Meyer).
      • 2016 (Ed.): Moving Bodies in Interaction ? Interacting Bodies in Motion. Intercorporeal and Interkinesthetic Enaction in Sports. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing (with Christian Meyer).

      Academic career

      2006-2012

      Studies in sociology (B.A., M.A.) at Bielefeld University

      2002-2015

      Research fellow at Department of Sociology, Bielefeld University

      2012 - now

      Member of Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology

      2015

      Research fellow at Institute for Communication Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen

      2015-2016

      Research fellow at Institute of Political Science and Sociology at Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg

      Research projects

      • Research fellow with the DFG-project Communication under pressure – techniques of coaches and athletes in high-class sports. Bielefeld University, 2012-2015. Project management: Jörg Bergmann, Chrisitan Meyer (Department of Sociology), Carmen Borgreffe, Klaus Cachay (Department of Psychology and Sports Science).
      • Joint fighting and cooperative individualizing in boxing. Dissertation project (ongoing).