{"id":7555,"date":"2023-12-21T14:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/team\/andreas-anton\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:20:19","slug":"andreas-anton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igpp.de\/en\/about-us\/team\/andreas-anton\/","title":{"rendered":"Andreas Anton"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#d6ecee” bg_image=”1034″ bg_position=”left top” background_image_loading=”default” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”5%” top_padding_tablet=”8%” top_padding_phone=”20%” bottom_margin=”20″ bottom_margin_tablet=”13%” bottom_margin_phone=”13%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” enable_shape_divider=”true” shape_divider_color=”#ffffff” shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_divider_height=”60″ shape_divider_height_tablet=”300″ bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=”straight_section”][vc_column bottom_padding_desktop=”15%” bottom_padding_tablet=”5%” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”10px” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”advanced” gradient_type=”default”][nectar_responsive_text text_color=”#0056a4″ font_size_desktop=”52″ font_line_height=”1″]\n

Dr. Andreas Anton<\/h1>\n[\/nectar_responsive_text][nectar_responsive_text text_color=”#203869″]\n

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Current research interests: Sociological and historical questions on topics of parapsychology and anomalistics \/ emergence, dissemination and social significance of heterodox knowledge, experiences and forms of practice \/ social patterns of interpretation of exceptional experiences \/ social and cultural aspects of SETI research, exosociology.[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab icon_family=”none” title=”Publications” id=”1775722782113-5″ tab_id=”1775722782113-7″][vc_custom_heading text=”Publications” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][nectar_global_section id=”1866″][\/tab][tab icon_family=”none” title=”Teaching” id=”1775722782130-4″ tab_id=”1775722782131-4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Teaching” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1703235414804{margin-top: 8% !important;margin-bottom: 3% !important;}”][vc_column_text]Current course at the Institute of Sociology at the Alberts-Ludwigs-Universit\u00e4t Freiburg (summer semester 2026): Seminar “Verschw\u00f6rungen und Verschw\u00f6rungstheorien im gesellschaftlichen Diskurs”.[\/vc_column_text][\/tab][tab icon_family=”none” title=”Memberships” id=”1775722782154-9″ tab_id=”1775722782154-5″][vc_custom_heading text=”Memberships” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1703235424722{margin-top: 5% !important;margin-bottom: 3% !important;}”]

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  • Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Soziologie (Sektion Wissenssoziologie)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Anomalistik e.V. (Vorstandsmitglied)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zur F\u00f6rderung der Parapsychologie e.V. (Vorstandsmitglied)<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des UFO-Ph\u00e4nomens e.V.<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Parapsychological Association<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Mitinitiator des Forschungsnetzwerks extraterrestrische Intelligenz<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>Deutsche astrobiologische Gesellschaft<\/li>\n
  • <\/i>SETI Post-Detection Hub (University of St Andrews)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>[\/tab][\/tabbed_section][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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