Katharina Krause

Katharina Krause is a Researcher and post-doctoral scholar at the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen. She co-leads the BMBF-funded Co-Care project and focuses on care ethics, visuality, and health-security nexus research. Her doctoral work (2022, summa cum laude) examined images, health, and security during the 2013-2016 Ebola epidemic under Prof. Thomas Diez and Prof. Roland Bleiker.

• Positions: Project Leader (2024–present), Visiting Fellow at University St Andrews (2025), Research Associate at IZEW (2022–present)
• Education: PhD in Political Science (Tübingen, 2022), M.A. Peace Studies (Tübingen, 2016), B.A. Social Sciences (Augsburg, 2013)

Research interests blend critical security studies with visual methodologies, emphasizing ethical dimensions of health crises and care in pandemic governance. She has published in Millennium, Critical Studies on Security, and Femina Politica, and received the DVPW Best Paper Award (2021).

Teaching includes courses on health security, global governance, and pandemic ethics. Active in international conferences (BISA, ISA, DVPW), she advocates for ethical frameworks in public health decision-making and humanitarian responses.