Alex is a sociological researcher, academic teacher, and author who is fond of crossing disciplinary boundaries with a research focus on Bioeconomy and Digital Culture and their intersections in the current Global Political Economy. He is a highly qualified expert in transition studies, environmental humanities, and the sociologies of science, culture, and organization with 12+ years of international experience since his doctorate in sociology following inter-disciplinary graduate and undergraduate studies. He serves as Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Studies for the School of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Galway (NUIG). He has numerous times been awarded highly competitive funding and academic honors internationally, including funding and fellowships from the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF), Fondation Maison des sciences de l'homme (FMSH), German Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF), or the European Commission Marie Sk¿odowska Curie COFUND (WIRL COFUND at University of Warwick), among others. He has organized several international scientific meetings and workshop events. He taught at Leuphana University Lüneburg and became a veteran academic teacher having almost 40 courses in the past decade. He is the editor of a book series ('Decolonial options for the social sciences', Lexington/Rowman), co-edited two special issues, published 4 single-authored books, co-authored another, and published ca. 50 short forms (papers, chapters, encyclopedia entries); more publications, including three book manuscripts and an edited book on higher education, research, and artisanal activism after COVID-19, are currently in progress or under review. He served as peer-reviewer and selection panelist for journals, academic book publishers, European Union's Horizon Europe -funded fellowship programs, at Russell Group institutes of higher education in the UK, and acclaimed research funders.
