Felix Masarovic

Felix Masarovic serves as Research Associate and Teaching Coordinator at the Ludwig Uhland Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies, University of Tübingen, within the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences since 2020 while completing doctoral studies. His work integrates technology-enhanced pedagogy and critical theoretical frameworks in higher education contexts.

His educational background includes:

• 2012-2018: Teacher Training (Gymnasium) in Philosophy (major), History (major), and Educational Science (minor) at University of Tübingen
• 2020-2022: Landesgraduiertenförderung scholarship recipient

Research focuses on university didactics, science communication, and postcritical theory application. He leads the ViRAI project implementing VR technology in teaching with Fraunhofer IAT engineers and co-directs the MAP mentoring program for first-generation academics. His doctoral project “Ethnography as Postcritique?” develops methodological alternatives within postcritical frameworks through ethnographic field research.

Publications reveal interdisciplinary engagement across educational governance and science communication, particularly examining migrant integration through language education policies and theatrical approaches to public science discourse.

Award recognition:

• Landesgraduiertenförderung scholarship (2020-2022)

Academic service includes co-organizing the MAP mentoring initiative and serving on the University Senate (2019-2021) and Doctoral Council executive board (2019-2022). Current projects encompass ViRAI’s VR pedagogy development and MAP’s expansion for non-traditional academic backgrounds.

He collaborates with Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Stuttgart) through ViRAI and maintains active participation in the Ludwig Uhland Institute’s research ecosystem.