Higher Education
- 2017 Habilitation at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), thesis “Visual Representations in Science – Concept and Epistemology“
- 2009 Dr. phil. (magna cum laude) in Philosophy at Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster (Germany), PhD thesis “Wissen aus dem Zeugnis anderer – der Sonderfall medialer Berichterstattung“
- 1996-2003 Hamburg University (Germany), Magistra Artium (M.A.) in German Literature and Linguistics, MA thesis “Die Darstellung des Kosovo-Krieges in den deutschen Fernsehnachrichten: das Beispiel ARD-Tagesschau und ZDF-Heute”
Awards and Grants
- May 2022 Grant by The International Center for Cultural and Technological Studies (IZKT) of the University of Stuttgart to support the workshop „verTRACKte Infrastruktur?! Von Konstrukteuren und Kontrolleuren wissenschaftlicher Expertise“, co-organiser: Dr. Klaus Erlach (Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart)
- December 2021 Open access publication grant by Leibniz University of Hannover, granted for the book: Mößner, N. / Erlach, K. (ed.): “Kalibrierung der Wissenschaft – Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die wissenschaftliche Erkenntnis”, transcript (forthcoming).
- February 2020 Grant by The International Center for Cultural and Technological Studies (IZKT) of the University of Stuttgart to support the panel discussion “Kalibrierung der Wissenschaft – Wohin führt uns die Digitalisierung?”, co-organiser: Dr. Klaus Erlach (Fraunhofer IPA Stuttgart)
- November 2016 Grant by the German Research Foundation (DFG) to support the workshop “Visual Reasoning – Visual Arguments”, co-organiser: Dr. Martin Langanke (University of Greifswald)
- May 2016 Grant by the Stiftung Alfried Krupp Kolleg Greifswald to support the workshop “Visual Reasoning – Visual Arguments”, co-organiser: Dr. Martin Langanke (University of Greifswald)
- October 2015 – September 2016 Junior-Fellowship at the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald (Germany)
- April 2012 – June 2015 Research grant of the German Research Foundation (DFG); Research topic: “Visualisations in Science – a Study in Philosophy of Science / Visualisierungen in den Wissenschaften – eine wissenschaftstheoretische Untersuchung”
- October 2014 – December 2014 PostDoc scholarship at Columbia University New York (USA), granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Research topic: “The Epistemic Value of Anonymous Sources“
- October 2011 Award from the “Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover” (FIPH) for the essay “Können Bilder Argumente sein?” [Report about the award]
- September 2011 Publication grant from the “Geschwister Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung für Geisteswissenschaften”, granted for the book: Liebsch, D.; Mößner, N. (eds): Visualisierung und Erkenntnis. Bildverstehen und Bildverwenden in Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften. Cologne: Herbert von Halem Verlag 2012.
Memberships and Committee Work
- Since 01/2022 Member of the extended board of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie DGPhil”
- Since 2022 Member of the working group “sustainability” (AG Nachhaltigkeit) of the “Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie (DGPhil)” and “Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie (GAP)”
- 2021 Panelist at the Round Table of the conference “Trust in Science SAS21”, online via zoom
- 2019 Panelist at “Contemporary communication of art and social epistemology (Zeitgenössische Kunstvermittlung und soziale Erkenntnistheorie)“ at Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
- 2015 Panelist at “Career opportunities for students of the humanities andsocial sciences”, organised by the Graduate Academy at Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, Germany
- 2007-2010 Member of the board of directors at the Centre for the Philosophy of Science (Zentrums für Wissenschaftstheorie, ZfW), University of Münster, Germany
Academic Positions
- Since 10/2022 Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) at Leibniz University Hannover, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 04/2022-09/2022 Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) at University of Stuttgart, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 04/2020-03/2022 Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) at Leibniz University Hannover, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 10/2020-02/2021 Temporary Lecturer (“Lehrbeauftragte”) for Philosophy at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt/Main
- 4/2019-03/2020 Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) at University of Stuttgart, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 10/2018-02/2019 Temporary Lecturer (“Lehrbeauftragte”) for Philosophy at Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt/Main,
Germany + Temporary Lecturer (“Lehrbeauftragte”) for Philosophy at Catholic
University of Applied Sciences Münster, Germany + Temporary Lecturer (“Lehrbeauftragte”) at University of Münster, Department of Philosophy, Germany - Since 10/2017 Lecturer (Privatdozentin) at RWTH Aachen University, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 04/2017-09/2017 Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessur) at University of Münster, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 10/2015-09/2016 Junior Fellow at Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald, Germany
- 11/2009-07/2015 Lecturer at RWTH Aachen University, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 10/2014-12/2014 Visiting scholar at Columbia University New York, Department of Philosophy, USA
- 10/2008-09/2010 Lecturer at University of Münster, Centre for the Philosophy of Science, Germany
- 02/2006-01/2009 Lecturer at University of Münster, Department of Philosophy, Germany
- 05/2005-01/2006 Project assistant, e-learning project: “Philosophical Analyses of ‘Knowledge’ / Philosophische Analysen des Wissensbegriffs”, with Dr. Mark Siebel at the Department of Philosophy, University of Hamburg, Germany
- 10/2003-04/2005 Lecturer at Hamburg University, Faculty of Humanities, Germany; coordinator of project “Humanities on the Internet / Geisteswissenschaften im Internet (GWnet)”