Andreas Langenohl

Andreas Langenohl serves as Professor of Sociology at Justus Liebig University Giessen's Department of Social and Cultural Sciences since 2010 and holds an Extra-ordinary Professorship in Political Studies at South Africa's North-West University since 2021. He leads Subproject C05 on Political Security and Economized Infrastructures and acts as Spokesperson for the university's Integrated Graduate School.

His academic credentials include a PhD in Social Sciences (summa cum laude, 1999) and an M.A. in Sociology and Slavic Philology with highest honors (1996), both from JLU Giessen, complemented by studies at Kazan State University and the University of Simferopol. His scholarly trajectory spans research fellowships at Cornell University, Konstanz University's Center of Excellence, and Freiburg's Collaborative Research Center.

Langenohl's research critically examines Security Studies through the lens of financial infrastructures, with pioneering work on the temporal dimensions of financial markets and the securitization of economic systems. His scholarship bridges Economic Sociology and Political Sociology, analyzing how security practices manifest in financial pricing, pandemic responses, and geo-economic conflicts, while maintaining strong engagement with Cultural Sociology and European integration dynamics.

His publication trends reveal evolving focus from memory studies toward infrastructural security, with recent work dissecting ambivalence in security practices, algorithmic accountability, and non-Western epistemologies. Key themes include the weaponization of financial systems, micro-processes of market security, and the reconfiguration of sovereignty through infrastructural imaginaries.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Karl-Polanyj-Award (2010) for 'Finanzmarkt und Temporalität'
• Wolfgang-Mittermaier-Award (2007) for teaching excellence

Langenohl directs substantial research funding including DFG grants for 'Economic Agnosticism' (2024-2026) and 'Financial Infrastructures and Geo-economic Security' (2022-2025), supervising doctoral researchers through the Integrated Graduate School. His collaborative projects with scholars like Carola Westermeier and Kirsten von Hagen examine security across financial, pandemic, and geopolitical contexts.

He anchors his research within the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 138 'Dynamics of Security', leading interdisciplinary teams that investigate security beyond traditional state-centric frameworks through financial infrastructures, temporal dimensions, and infrastructural ambivalence.