Charlotte Nell

Charlotte Nell is a Research Fellow and doctoral candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena's Department of Sociology, where she has been affiliated since 2019. Her academic work bridges social theory, phenomenology, and cultural sociology, with particular emphasis on romantic love structures, digitalization's societal impacts, and sports sociology.

Education

• PhD Candidate in Sociology: 'Divided World Relations: A Social-Phenomenological Analysis of Romantic Love in Late Modernity' (2019-2024)
• MA Sociology, University of Toronto (2019)
• MA Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt (2018)
• BA Sociology/American Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt (2015)

Research Focus

Nell's research traverses multiple dimensions of contemporary social theory. She employs phenomenological and interpretative methods to examine: the transformation of intimacy in digital societies; body image discourses in self-help literature; institutional decision-making in sports; and theoretical frameworks for understanding virtual intersubjectivity. Her work frequently engages with classical theorists like Alfred Schütz, Bourdieu, and Simmel while addressing modern phenomena.

Teaching & Academic Service

Since 2019, she has designed and taught courses including:

• Phenomenological Social Research
• Sociological Classics (Simmel/Weber)
• Sociology of Emotion
• Theories of Social Action

She co-organized conferences on affective dimensions of social crises and currently serves on the steering committee of the DFG Research Training Group 'Model Romanticism'.

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Phenomenology & the Human Sciences (SPHS)
• German Sociological Society (DGS)
• Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)
• DFG Research Training Group 'Model Romanticism'