Veronika von Wachter studied political science, sociology and philosophy in a German-French programme between Eichstätt, Rennes and Toulouse. As part of her two master's theses, she already dealt with the discussions in and around the so-called 'new feminist materialisms'.

Her doctoral project, which is based on interdisciplinary feminist theory, continues from these discussions: Its starting point is a political-theoretical problem in which categories such as "the human being" and "nature" appear increasingly questionable, yet at the same time they represent the foundation of the modern concept of politics - and thus the tool of urgently needed social change. Against this background, the doctoral project aims to explore the possibilities of a post-dualist understanding of politics based on the thinking of Donna Haraway, Sylvia Wynter and Karen Barad, whereby politics should be understood in the most general sense as the struggle for better worlds. The thrust of the work is to undermine the distinction between (unavailable) nature and (available) culture, which is set as a primary ontological given, by focusing on more-than-human practice. If (more-than-human) practices are understood as productive, reality-creating, these practices always have a political moment: practices are about striving for better worlds. Politics can thus be understood as a "worlding practice". The current working title of the project is accordingly "Die Praxis des Welt(en)schaffens. Politik bei Donna Haraway, Sylvia Wynter und Karen Barad" (The Practice of Worlding. Politics in Donna Haraway, Sylvia Wynter and Karen Barad).

In the summer semester of 2023, Veronika von Wachter taught a course at the University of Potsdam (seminar title: "The nature/culture dualism. From tool to object of feminist criticism").

In her first publication, she provides a systematizing overview of the (re)conceptualizations of politics in the 'new feminist materialisms'. The article was published in the Handbuch Politik und Geschlecht (Klapeer et al. 2024) and is available through open access.