Jule Govrin

Jule Govrin is a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim, following a visiting professorship in Gender and Diversity at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin. Her work intersects social philosophy, feminist theory, political economy, and body politics, focusing on radical equality, care work, and neoliberal vulnerability.

• Doctorate: Freie Universität Berlin (2013-2017), supervised by Prof. Dr. Anne Eusterschulte and Prof. Dr. Dagmar Herzog
• Research Stays: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (2017-2018), Université Aix-Marseille (2022), and others
• Previous Appointments: Europa-Universität Flensburg, Centre Marc Bloch, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

Govrin's research traces differential exploitation through debt policies, body labor, and capitalist desire. Her upcoming 2024 book theorizes egalitarian body politics in pandemic contexts. She co-edits Geschichte der Gegenwart and contributes to Krisis, Soziopolis, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Key themes:

• Equality as Practice: Not an abstract ideal but precarious solidarity in care work
• Body as Political: Intersectional analysis of vulnerability distribution in austerity
• Desire and Capital: Critique of erotic capital commodification in digital economies