Egyptology, Egyptian and Comparative Mythology, Kingship and Royalty, Royal Crowns and Iconography, Metaphor Formation and Cognition, Digital Humanities, History of Egyptian religion and the institution of the kingship as well as the interface between the two (i.e. "myths" of the kingship, the shared iconography of gods and kings, etc.). Her work is often interdisciplinary, adducing parallels from neighbouring or other cultures, as well as applying models and methods from disciplines such as anthropology or psychology to the Egyptian evidence

Academic Books
Crowns in early Egyptian Funerary Literature: Royalty, Rebirth, Destruction. (Griffith Institute Monographs) Oxford: Griffith Institute, 2008 (ISBN 0 900416 87 4)
Academic Articles
Mythos und götterweltliches Handeln (with John Baines) in: J. Assmann, H. Roeder (eds), Handbuch Altägyptische Religion. Leiden: Brill (in press)
Crowns (Egyptian), in: C. Uehlinger, et al. (eds), Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Biblical World. Leiden: Brill (in press; publ. 2013)
Egyptian mythos as logos: Attempt at a redefinition of mythical thought in: E. Frood, A. McDonald (eds.), Decorum and Experience: Essays in Ancient Culture for John Baines. Oxford: Griffith Institute. (in press)
Crowns, Egyptian, in: R. Bagnall, et al. (eds), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford, New York: Wiley-Blackwell (in press; publ. Nov. 2012)
King as god and god as king, in: R. Gundlach (ed)., Palace and Temple. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on Egyptian royal ideology, Mcdonald Institute, University of Cambridge 16-17 July 2007 (Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 4,2), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (2011), 57-101.
An elusive passage of the earlier funerary literature in its iconographic and ritual context, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 136 (2009), 126-30
Kingship, In: T. Wilkinson (ed.), The Egyptian World, 275-95. London, New York: Routledge (2007)
The Cannibal Spell: Continuity and change in the Pyramid Text and Coffin Text versions. In: S. Bickel and B. Mathieu (eds), D'un monde à l'autre: Textes des Pyramides & Textes des Sarcophages. (Actes de la table ronde internationale «Textes des Pyramides versus Textes des Sarcophages» IFAO - 24-26 septembre 2001). BdE 139 (2004), 143-73
xftj nTr as euphemism. The case of the 'Antef Decree', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 89 (2003), 27-37
Zerstörung als Erneuerung in der Totenliteratur. Eine kosmische Interpretation des Kannibalenspruchs. Göttinger Miszellen 194 (2003), 29-49
Njswt nHH - Kingship, cosmos, and time. In: Z. Hawass, L. Pinch Brook (eds), Egyptology at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000, vol. 2, 238-53. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press; Chichester: Wiley (2003)
A functional approach to Egyptian myth and mythemes. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions (JANER) 2 (2002), 28-59
Crowns, In: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, vol. 1. New York: OUP (2001), 321-26
Expressing luminosity in iconography: Features of the solar bark in the tomb of Ramesses VI. Göttinger Miszellen 165 (1998), 57-71
Some cosmic aspects of the royal crowns, in: C. Eyre (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Egyptologists, Cambridge 3 - 9 September 1995, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 82 (1998), 447-60
'Horus der Kaufmann' als Name des Planeten Jupiter, Enchoria 22 (1995), 219-22 (peer-reviewed)
Untersuchungen zu Funktion und Symbolgehalt des nms, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 122 (1995), 154-81
Work in progress
Icon and Metaphor - The relationship between Egyptian Image and Text with focus on Egyptian iconography of light
Divine Light. Luminous aspects of divinity in Egypt and Mesopotamia ( book + several articles based on database collection of terminology and iconography of light)
Entries for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE) (Total of 6,500 words):
(1) "Time and Eternity",
(2) "Crowns and Headdresses (Royal)",
(3) "Royal and Divine Insignia",
(4) "Sekhem Scepter",
(5) "Crook and Flail",
(6) "Was Scepter",
(7) "Bull's Tail",
(8) "Wadj Staff",
(9) "Djed Staff" (some under review, some forthcoming)
The terminology of light in Egyptian religious (con)texts - Some considerations on etymology, usage, and iconographic correlates
(1): The terminology of sunrise. (forthcoming)
Mistress of the sky - Mistress of the West: Egyptian Hathor in the Near Eastern context in: S. Chrisomalis, A. Costopoulos (eds), Studies in memory of Bruce G. Trigger (forthcoming)
Other Publications, Translations, and Consulting
Consulting and interview for Cineflix Productions, Toronto / Show: "William Shatner's Weird or What?": The 'Saqqara Bird' as evidence for early aviation technology (aired on Discovery Channel, September 2012)
Demo-shoot (Stornoway Communications) for pilot of planned TV-series on the cosmic significance of Egyptian pyramids (January 2010)
Hermann Hesse's 'Siddharta - Eine Indische Dichtung', in: P. Bellamy, et al. (eds), Books that inspire faculty. Toronto: University of Toronto Libraries, 2009, 19.
Obituary: Bruce G. Trigger, Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Winter 2007
Profile: Katja Goebs, Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Spring 2007
Obituary: Bruce G. Trigger, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 92 (2006), viii-ix
Egyptian mythology, in: M. McKenzie (ed.), Mythologies of the World. London: Hodder Wayland (2001), 31-41
Egyptian Translation (from the English) and vocalization of text for TV-series "The Mummy", Seasons 1 and 2 (Universal Cartoon Studios, Universal City, California, 2001-2002)
R. Germer, "The secrets of mummies. How and why the Egyptians preserved their dead", Minerva 8/1 (1997), 53-55 (translated from the German)