Gero Bauer

Gero Bauer is an Associate Professor of English and Managing Director of the Center for Gender and Diversity Research at the University of Tübingen. He holds a Dr. phil. summa cum laude (2014) and a venia legendi for English Literature and Cultural Studies (2022). His research focuses on Victorianism, Modernism, gender/queer studies, ecocriticism, and postcolonial/decolonial discourses.

Key roles include Managing Director of the Center for Gender and Diversity Research since 2017, Interim Professor at the University of Dortmund (2023–2024), and Visiting Professorships at the University of Maryland (2021) and King's College London (2014–2015). He has organized major conferences like 'Queer Ecology and the Temporal Imagination' (2026) and 'Non-Reproductive Matters: Global Perspectives on Religion, Gender, and Procreation' (2024).

Research interests span contemporary literature's temporalities, kinship structures, and intersections with queer theory and new materialism. Recent publications include Hope and Kinship in Contemporary Fiction (2024) and edited volumes on global South studies and discrimination practices. His work critiques heteronormative frameworks and explores marginalized narratives in literature, media, and cultural policy.

• Education:
  • Dr. phil. in English Literature, University of Tübingen (2014)
  • Staatsexamen (Masters), English and History (2009)
• Grants/Awards: Doctoral Award (2015), German Academic Scholarship Foundation grants (2008–2012), and Habilitation (2022).
• Teaching: Courses on Victorian poetry, queer modernisms, and ecofiction. Recent lectures include 'Queer Futures' and 'Literature of the Fin de Siècle.'
• Service: Academic Senate deputy member (2021–present), reviewer for journals like Anglia and ZfA, and committee member for the German Academic Scholarship Foundation.

His interdisciplinary approach bridges literature, gender studies, and activism, with a focus on global South perspectives and institutional equity initiatives.