The \u00bbReal-Time City\u00ab research center participates in the Doctoral College for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/a><\/span>. Members of the \u00bbReal-Time City\u00ab research center are represented in the \u00bbBuilding and Culture\u00ab department.<\/p>\n In addition, as part of a structured doctoral training program, the K\u00f6ln International School of Design is participating in the DFG-funded Research Training Group \u00bbconnecting \u2013 excluding: Cultural Dynamics Beyond Globalized Networks<\/span><\/a>,\u00ab a collaboration of the University of Cologne, the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) and the TH K\u00f6ln.\u00a0In this context, Simon Meienberg is currently writing a dissertation on infrastructural spaces in Dakar\/Senegal.<\/p>\n In order to support young researchers, the areas of expertise \u00bbDesign Theory and Research<\/a><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0and \u00bbInteraction Design<\/a><\/span>\u00ab\u00a0offer a joint doctoral colloquium, which complements the individual supervision.<\/p>\n The \u00bbReal-Time City\u00ab research center also participates\u00a0in the inter-university colloquium \u00bbDesign doctorates\u00ab of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (dgtf)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Alice Rzezonka <\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation:\u00a0User, der \u2013 Begriffspr\u00e4gung einer privilegierten Position am Personal Computer<\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the University of Bonn and the TH K\u00f6ln (Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Jens Schr\u00f6ter, Media Culture Studies\u00a0and Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research)<\/p>\n 2018 \u2013 2021, graduated with \u00bbsumma cum laude\u00ab<\/p>\n Publication: Alice Rzezonka: User, der \u2013 Begriffspr\u00e4gung einer privilegierten Position am Personal Computer<\/em>, Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t Bonn, 2022. Online-Ausgabe in bonndoc.<\/a><\/p>\n Marc Pfaff<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: Poetologie des Entwerfens. Zu Genese und Techno-Logik einer Zivilisationstechnik <\/em><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the TH K\u00f6ln (Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Reck, Art History in Medial Context, and Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research)<\/p>\n 2021 \u2013 2024, graduated with \u00bbmagna cum laude\u00ab<\/p>\n Simon Meienberg<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: Borderlands: Migrant Spacing between Autonomy and Control<\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the \u00a0TH K\u00f6ln \u00a0and the University of Cologne as part of the Research Training Group\u00a0\u00bbanschlie\u00dfen \u2013 anschlie\u00dfen<\/a>\u00ab funded\u00a0by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (First Supervisor:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research, Second Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Martin Zillinger, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Third Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gabriella Cianciolo Cosentino, Art History)<\/p>\n 2021 \u2013 2025; graduated with \u00bbsumma cum laude\u00ab<\/p>\n Publication: Simon Meienberg: Urbane Mobilit\u00e4t in Dakar. Stadtentwicklung zwischen Ausgrenzung und Teilhabe<\/em>, Bielefeld: Transcript 2026 [Open Access<\/a>].<\/p>\n Johanna Mehl<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: Human-Environment Relations: Rethinking Architecture and Design Practice in the Anthropocene<\/em><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the TU Dresden and the TH K\u00f6ln (Supervision: Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern, Digital Cultures and Societal Change, and Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research)<\/p>\n 2022 bis 2026; graduated with \u00bbsumma cum laude\u00ab<\/p>\n Julian Hoffmann<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation:\u00a0\u00dcbersetzungsprozesse \u2013\u00a0Rezeptionspraktiken des Digitalen\u00a0als Dispositiv der Kunstvermittlung<\/em><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the TH K\u00f6ln \u00a0and the University of Cologne as part of the Research Training Group\u00a0\u00bbanschlie\u00dfen \u2013 anschlie\u00dfen<\/a>\u00ab funded\u00a0by the German Research Foundation (DFG)\u00a0(Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research, and Prof. Dr. Torsten Meyer, Art and Its Didactics)<\/p>\n since 2021<\/p>\n Carolin Schabbing<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: 4D Imaging in Kulturproduktionen<\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the University of Bonn and the TH K\u00f6ln (Supervision: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Friedrich, Media Studies: Digital Media Culture, \u00a0and Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research)<\/p>\n since 2023<\/p>\n Fannie Rose G\u00f6ttker<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: Measuring up? Artistic Interventions and the Politics of Scale<\/em><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the TH K\u00f6ln \u00a0and the University of Cologne as part of the Research Training Group\u00a0\u00bbanschlie\u00dfen \u2013 anschlie\u00dfen<\/a>\u00ab funded\u00a0by the German Research Foundation (DFG)\u00a0(Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research, and N.N.)<\/p>\n since 2025<\/p>\n Ben Drusinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: In Every Dream Home an Internet: Future Interactions in Hackable Homes<\/em><\/p>\n Graduate School for Applied Research in NRW| PK NRW\u00a0(First Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig, Interaction Design, TH K\u00f6ln; Second Supervisor: Prof. Teresa Dillon, PhD, City Futures,\u00a0University of West England (UWE), Bristol; Mentor: Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research, TH K\u00f6ln)<\/p>\n since 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Further information for early stage researchers<\/a><\/span>: Image:\u00a0\u00bbBlind Spots\u00ab by Dorothea Elisabeth Schneid & Jessica Martins Zisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with the transdisciplinary approach of the\u00a0\u00bbReal-Time City\u00ab research center, dissertations are supervised that contribute to the research of urban, architectural and media spaces\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":92609,"parent":100441,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"showSelectedCategory.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[374561,374438],"class_list":["post-100481","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forschungsstelle-echtzeitstadt-en","category-research-center-real-time-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100481"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103913,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100481\/revisions\/103913"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h3>\n
Doctoral Supervision by Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler<\/h3>\n
\nService Desk of \u00a0Graduate Center at TH K\u00f6ln<\/a><\/span>
\nDoctoral College for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n