I have contributed to a number of differet media outlets and I’ve also worked on some fictional stories.
I like to write about “science”, but also music, cultural events, or other random things that I may or may not be qualified to write about.
Samples of my writing, some of the journalism type and some of the fiction type, some in German and some in English, can be found here.
2020
Can we treat cognitive deficits in schizophrenia through electrical brain stimulation?
For The Mental Elf, I summarised a recent systematic review on improving cognitive deficits in schizophrenia using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), a form of electrical brain stimulation.
Towards a symptom-based diagnosis of psychotic spectrum disorders?
The Mental Elf is an online platform that provides accessible yet scientifically accurate summaries of recent findings related to topics of mental health. My first contribution was about a very interesting, methodologically complex study on diagnosing patients with psychosis in new ways which may enable us to look beyond traditional diagnostic categories. Read the article here.
2019
I contributed a piece to the “Is it publish or perish for PhD students?” collection on the Nature Human Behaviour blog. Read my text “High Pressure Science” here.
A feature-length reflection on the struggles of studying the human mind from an interdisciplinary perspective written by me and my colleagues can be found in the February print issue of Babel Magazine. You can order the issue through their website (in English).
2018
¿Qué es la vida? // What is life?
My colleagues and I published a report on the 75th anniversary conference of the famous “What is life?” lecture series by Erwin Schrödinger. The article was originally published in The Conversation Spain but was re-published in El País. The article can be read (in Spanish) here and here.
2017
Interview with Cedric Boeckx for Babel Magazine
I interviewed biolinguistics researcher Cedric Boeckx for Babel Magazine. We had a nice chat about evolution, language and why we can learn something about the human brain by looking at birds and monkeys. You can buy the issue (and any other issue) on their website. You can read the interview online though.
2016
I was interviewed by UniCross and we talked about selfies and their role in modern life. This was in German. If you know German, you can read the interview here.
I have had the honour of being included twice in the 2016 spring and autumn issues of The Freiburg Review, a bilingual magazine for creative writing based in Freiburg. In spring they published my stort story “Bonkers”, which is a story about about friendship, love, death and surreal things. The autumn issue had a theme, which was “Expats, Travellers and Migrants”, and they included my short story “Take Me Home” – a story about strangers, sex and being lost. The magazine can be bought in different bookstores in Freiburg or online. Check out their website.
Erika liest // Erika reads
In 2016 I co-organised a regular reading event at my favourite bar in Freiburg (unfortunately it’s closed now), Erika Bar. One night, I read 3 of my own texts. The only thing that is left of this evening are a few photos, sadly, but at least the photos are very nice, and the memory very sweet.
