Dr. Manuel Reinhard

Research focus:

• Sociology of the future (“Politics of the future” in 21st-century Western societies, i.e., the co-constitution of future imaginaries, anticipatory governance, and future-making practices in specific fields of political-administrative practice in the present)

Theoretical background:

• Social theory (cultural sociology)
• Theory of science (methodology of qualitative social research)
• Theory of technology (science and technology studies)

“Politics of the Future in 21st-Century Societies. Cultural-Sociological Studies” (working title)

• Research objectives: Epistemologies, ontologies, and ethics of the future in 21st-century Western societies
• Research fields: Defence, climate, and financial policy of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Research methods: Ethnographic field studies in specialised foresight units (“strategic foresight”) of government agencies (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht [Federal Financial Supervisory Authority], Umweltbundesamt [Federal Environment Agency], Planungsamt der Bundeswehr [Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning])  

• since 2020: Research Associate, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (Professorship Transformation of Governance in Education and Society)
• 2019: Strategy Consultant, McKinsey & Company (Orphoz GmbH & Co. KG)
• 2017-2018: Trainee Consulting, Schweers, Kemps & Schuhmann Unternehmensberatung (business unit Risk Advisory)
• 2016: Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (Department of Romance Languages & Literatures)
• 2013-2016: PhD-Student in Philosophy, Technical University of Darmstadt (DFG Research Training Group “Topology of Technology”)
• 2007-2012: Studies of Philosophy, Psychology and Pedagogy, University of Trier (Magister Artium)

Monographies:

Reinhard, M. (2017) Philosophie des Scheiterns. Jacques Derridas aporetische Schriften. Weilerswist: Velbrück Wissenschaft.

Journal articles:

• Reinhard, M. (2021) Speculative Societies. Towards a new Research Agenda. Review of Economic Philosophy 21 (2): 51-81.
• Reinhard, M. (2015) Krise der Wissenschaft? Krisen der Wissenschaften!. Philokles – Zeitschrift für populäre Philosophie 21: 76-93.
• Reinhard, M. (2013) Zeitgenössische Philosophien der Grenze. Critica. Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Kunsttheorie 3(1): 11-16.

Papers in edited volumes:

• Hartong, S., Allert, H., Amos, K., Bleckmann, P., Czarnojan, I., Förschler, A., Jornitz, S., Reinhard, M. and Sander, I. (2021) Unblack the Box. Anregungen für eine (selbst)bewusste Auseinandersetzung mit digitaler Bildung. In: Lankau, R. (ed.) Autonom und mündig am Touchscreen. Für eine konstruktive Medienarbeit in der Schule. Weinheim und Basel: Beltz Verlag, pp. 201-212.
• Reinhard, M. (2018) Der Topos der Grenze. Zur Suggestibilität von Jacques Derridas Dekonstruktion. In: Brenneis, A.; Honer, O.; Keesser, S.; Ripper, A. und Vetter-Schultheiß, S. (eds.) Technik – Macht – Raum. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 335-344.
• Reinhard, M., Brenneis, A., Honer, O., Keesser, S. und Hubig, C. (2018) The Topological Manifesto. In: Brenneis, A., Honer, O., Keesser, S., Ripper, A. und Vetter-Schultheiß, S. (eds.) Technik – Macht – Raum. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 31-36.

Reviews:

• Reinhard, M. (2013) Höltershinken, Dieter: Die Nichtplanbarkeit in Erziehung und Bildung. Ein Essay über vergessene Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse in der Pädagogik. Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Pädagogik 89 (4): 664-668.

Newspaper articles:

• Reinhard, M. (2017) Irreführende Suggestionen. Kommentar zur polizeilichen Kriminalitätsstatistik 2016. Rhein-Zeitung 14.03.2017: 12. 

Other publications:

• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) How Transparent is the Modelling?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) To what Extent is Artificial Intelligence Involved?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) Where does the Data Go?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) Who Consults / Trains – and with what Rationale?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) Who is behind the Tool?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) What are Education Policy Backgrounds?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) What are the possible Health Effects (Physical)?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) What are the possible Health Effects (Psychosocial)?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) Which Types of Learning / Education does the Software (not) Enable?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) To what Extent does the Software provide Opportunities for (Pedagogical) Design Adaptability?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) Which Types of Nudging, such as Gamification or Visualisation, are used?. Link.
• UNBLACK THE BOX (2020) (How much) is Education being surveilled?. Link.

• Reinhard, M. (2023). Die Deutsche Anpassungsstrategie an den Klimawandel: Klimawirkungs- und Risikoanalysen, Politische Maßnahmen und Zielentwicklung in der deutschen Klimapolitik. Zwischenfazit zur Fallstudie. Colloquium of the competence center “Climate Impacts and Adaptation in Germany” of the German Environment Agency (UBA), Dessau, 11.07.2023.
• Reinhard, M. (2023). Die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie: Zukunftsanalyse, Fähigkeitsentwicklung und Strategische Planung in der deutschen Verteidigungspolitik. Ein Werkstattbericht aus der Forschungspraxis. Conference “Politische Soziologie des Krieges” of the section “Political Sociology” of the German Sociological Association (DGS) and the Bundeswehr Centre of Military History and Social Sciences, Potsdam, 06.-07.07.2023.
• Reinhard, M. (2023) Politics of the Future in 21st-Century Western Societies. Outline of a Research Project. Research day, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, 28.03.2023.
• Reinhard, M. (2022) “Mehr Fortschritt wagen”? Politische Zukunftssemantiken im Kontext der Krisendiskurse westlicher Gesellschaften des 21. Jahrhunderts (Globale Anti-Terrororismus Strategie, Basel III, Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung). Congress of the German Sociological Association, Universität Bielefeld, 26.-30.09.2022.
• Reinhard, M. (2021) Predictive Governance. A few Thoughts on a Research Agenda. Workshop Predictive Governance – Towards Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Algorithmic Prediction & Decision Making, Workshop Predictive Governance, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg, 17.-18.09.2021.
• Reinhard, M. (2021) Early Warning Systems in U.S. Schooling. A Critical Review. European Conference on Educational Research Conference 2021, Université de Genève (online), 06.-10.09.2021. 
• Reinhard, M. (2021) Speculative Societies. Towards a Cultural Sociology of the Future. European Sociological Association Conference 2021, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (online), 31.08.-03.09.2021.
• Reinhard, M. (2018) Financial Ethics. Risk Management, Regulation, and Norms in the Light of Basel III. 4th International Conference Economics and Philosophy, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 27.-29.06.2018.
• Reinhard, M. (2016) Philosophie des Scheiterns. Jacques Derridas aporetische Schriften. PhD thesis defense, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 24.03.2016.
• Reinhard, M. und Enrong, P. (2015) New Issues and Approaches in Philosophy of Technology. 19th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Technology, Northeastern University Shenyang, 02.-06.07.2015.
• Reinhard, M. (2015) Paradoxies of Contemporary Philosophy of Technology. 19th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Technology, Northeastern University Shenyang, 02.-06.07.2015.
• Reinhard, M. und Friedrich, A. (2015) Das topologische Manifest. Konferenz TechnoSpaces. Persistence – Practices – Procedures – Power, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 18.-20.03.2015.
• Reinhard, M. (2015) Der Topos der Grenze in der zeitgenössischen Philosophie. Conference TechnoSpaces. Persistence – Practices – Procedures – Power, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 18.-20.03.2015.
• Reinhard, M. (2014) Jacques Derrida’s Project: Aporetology. IV. Derrida Today Conference, Fordham University New York City, 28.-31.05.2014.
• Reinhard, M. (2014) Aporias. Spring School Visualizing the World – Making Sense of Our Environments, Royal Academy of Science Sweden, Abisko, 02.-06.05.2014.
• Reinhard, M. (2012). Philosophie und ihre Möglichkeiten. Anmerkungen zur Geschichte der Modalität. Joint Research Colloquium of the Department of Education at University of Trier and the Department of Education at Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Hamburg, 03.-04.11.2012.

• German Society for Philosophy
• German Sociological Association
• World Future Studies Federation

• 2013-2016: PhD Scholarship (German Research Foundation)
• 2014-2015: Visiting Scholarship (Harvard University)
• 2014-2015: Visiting Fellowship (University of Cambridge – rejected due to the above invitation)
• 2011-2012: Undergraduate Scholarship (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)