Team and Research Associates | 2024-2027 | Phase 2
In the Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden, doctoral students from a variety of humanities and social science disciplines conduct research on the main topic of the respective phase. In the second phase (2024-2027), the focus is on the key topic of data↔worlds.
PhD Education Program
Research Associate (Postdoc)
NamePhD Özgün Eylül İşcen
Development Kolleg Training Program
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In the Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden, the PhD candidates are actively involved in shaping the thematic focus of the Lab and play a pivotal role in communicating its topics to the University and the wider society. All of the doctoral students receive support for their dissertation project by two supervisors from different disciplines. The graduate education includes interdisciplinary research seminars that draw on current directions in fields such as science & technology studies (STS) and critical data studies, site- and practice-based engagements with data worlds in innovative research studios and field schools, as well as general doctoral qualification training that supports the early career researchers in successfully mastering their doctoral phase specifically tailored for the next steps in their career. In addition, we offer a mentoring program that seeks to liaison doctoral students with researchers in STEM subjects at TU Dresden.
In the second project phase Data ↔ Worlds, doctoral students from a range of fields including politics, urban and environmental planning, law, theology, literature, art history, and design investigate the material and social infrastructures, as well as the societal and planetary implications, of the growing presence of data-driven technologies. Please check the Experiments section for further information on various research activities the Kolleg participants have engaged in so far.
Doctoral Projects
Research Associate
NameMarie Briese
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TUD Dresden University of Technology Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden
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PhD thesis title: Data world syntheses of the incompatible? Styles, content, dynamics and motives of cooperation between right-wing populist and Christian stakeholders on Instagram.
Subject area: Protestant Theology
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Birte Platow, Prof. Dr. Simon Meier-Vieracker
Research Associate
NameNiklas Egberts
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Z21, Room 302B Zellescher Weg 21
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TUD Dresden University of Technology Schaufler Kolleg@TU Dresden
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PhD thesis title: Design After AI: On the Notion of Design in the Age of Agential Computing
Subject area: Cultural Studies
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern, Dr. Andrea Augsten
Research Associate
NameAndrew Erickson
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PhD thesis title:
Alternative Worlds: Postapocalyptic Afrofuturism as a Dataset for Critical Analysis
Subject area: American Studies/Literary Studies
Supervisors: Junior Prof. Dr. Moritz Ingwersen, Prof. Dr. Nicole Waller
Research Associate
NameJohanna Charlotte Grosche
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PhD thesis title:
Exploring Digital Twins in Sustainable Urban Development: Towards Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement and Climate Action
Subject area: Communication Studies
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Lutz Hagen, Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern
Research Associate
NameJasmin Höning
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PhD thesis title: Human portraits in AI art
Subject area: Art History
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schankweiler, Prof. Dr. Carsten Junker
Research Associate
NameAlexandra Lorch
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PhD thesis title: "The role of the legal system in creating value from data - How does the European legislator steer innovation? A global classification."
Subject area: Law
Supervisor: JProf. Dr. Katharina Kaesling, LL.M
Research Associate
NameNelly Saibel
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PhD thesis title: "Normativity in the age of blockchain"
Subject area: Political Science
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. iur. Sabine Müller Mall, Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern