A cooperative individual doctorate is currently the most common path taken by doctoral students at the K\u00f6ln International School of Design at the TH K\u00f6ln. Here, future doctoral candidates contact a professor with an expos\u00e9 (both at the KISD of the TH K\u00f6ln and at a university) and write their dissertation in a self-organized manner and independently of a fixed program.<\/p>\n
The K\u00f6ln International School of Design participates in the NRW doctoral program. 21 universities of applied sciences \u2013 including TH K\u00f6ln \u2013 have jointly founded the Doctoral College for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/a>. In the future, outstanding master’s graduates from universities of applied sciences and universities will realize their doctoral projects there. Following a positive evaluation by the German Science Council, it offers its doctoral students structured doctoral programs. Design scientists are represented in the \u00bbConstruction and Culture” and \u00bbMedia and Interaction” departments. The programs qualify the doctoral students for a future career at the innovative interfaces between design and science.<\/p>\n The K\u00f6ln International School of Design participates in the inter-university colloquium \u00bbDesign doctorates\u00ab of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (dgtf)<\/a>. In July 2020, it hosted the 23rd<\/a> Colloquium<\/a>\u00a0as an online format, which was included in the following Colloquium in\u00a0May 2021<\/a>.<\/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 \u00bbanschlie\u00dfen \u2013 ausschlie\u00dfen.<\/a> Cultural Dynamics Beyond Globalized Networks<\/a>,\u00ab a collaboration of the University of Cologne, the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) and the TH K\u00f6ln.<\/p>\n A joint doctoral colloquium is offered to promote young researchers in the fields of Design Theory and Research<\/a>\u00a0and Interaction Design<\/a>.<\/p>\n \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 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) (Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler, Design Theory and Research, and Prof. Dr. Martin Zillinger, Social and Cultural Anthropology)<\/p>\n since 2021<\/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 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 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 <\/div>\n<\/div> \n Klara Lindner<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: <\/span>Service Design in the Context of Rural Energy Provision in Developing Countries: The Iterative Development of a Procedure to Create Services Collaboratively\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the \u00a0TU Berlin and the TH K\u00f6ln\u00a0<\/span>(Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Felix Ziegler, Maschinen- und Energieanlagentechnik, and Prof. Birgit Mager, Service Design)<\/span><\/p>\n since 2015<\/span><\/p>\n Anna-Sophie Oertzen<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: <\/span>The Co-Creation of Services<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the \u00a0Maastricht University and the TH K\u00f6ln\u00a0<\/span>(Supervision:\u00a0Prof. Dr. Gaby Odekerken, Centric Service Science, and Prof. Birgit Mager, Service Design)<\/span><\/p>\n completed in 2020<\/span><\/p>\n Tina Weisser<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: <\/span>Systemische Betrachtung der Einflussfaktoren bei der Implementierung von Produkt und Service-Design-Systemen<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the University of Art Braunschweig and the TH K\u00f6ln (Supervision: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Jonas, Design Science, and Prof. Birgit Mager, Service Design)<\/span><\/p>\n completed in 2018<\/span><\/p>\n Maur\u00edcio Cordeiro Manh\u00e3es<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation:\u00a0<\/span>Innovativeness and Prejudice: Designing A Landscape of Diversity For Knowledge Creation<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florian\u00f3polis, und der TH K\u00f6ln\u00a0<\/span>(Supervision: Prof. Greg\u00f3rio Varvakis (PhD), Knowledge Management and Service Management, und Prof. Birgit Mager, Service Design)<\/span><\/p>\n completed in 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div> \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 Matthias Grund<\/p>\n <\/strong>Title of dissertation:\u00a0<\/i>Arbitrary Images \u2013 Generative AI and the Standardization of Visual Culture<\/em><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar and TH K\u00f6ln (Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig, Artistic supervisor: Prof. Prof. Dr. Birgit Wudtke)<\/p>\n since 2025<\/p>\n Lina Mebus<\/strong><\/p>\n Title of dissertation:\u00a0<\/i>Design\u00e4sthetik der \u201eHaltung\u201c: Zur Gestaltung von Interaktion im Diskurs der Sterbebegleitung<\/em><\/p>\n Graduate School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia (PK NRW) (First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Oliver Ruf (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg), Second supervisor: Prof. Dr. habil. Fernand H\u00f6rner (Hochschule D\u00fcsseldorf), Additional supervisor: Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig)<\/p>\n since 2025<\/p>\n Max Neupert<\/b><\/p>\n Title of dissertation: <\/span>Audiovisuelles Cut-Up. Von Zelluloid zu Datenbanken \u2013 Zeitliche Zerst\u00fcckelungen in Bild und Ton<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Cooperative doctorate between the Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar and TH K\u00f6ln\u00a0<\/span>(Assessors: Prof. Jakob H\u00fcfner, Crossmediales Bewegtbild, und Prof. Dr. Lasse Scherffig, Interaction Design; Mentors: Prof. Ursula Damm, Media Art and Design, Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar, and Prof. Dr. Thomas Sporer, Sound Studies, Berlin University of the Arts)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n completed in 2021<\/span><\/strong> Further information for early stage researchers<\/a> Image:\u00a0\u00bbBlind Spots\u00ab by Dorothea Elisabeth Schneid & Jessica Martins Zisa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In keeping with the transdisciplinary approach of the K\u00f6ln International School of Design, doctoral theses are supervised that contribute to the study of design from\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92609,"parent":92427,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"showSelectedCategory.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[373526],"class_list":["post-91988","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91988","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91988"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103083,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91988\/revisions\/103083"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92427"}],"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=91988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kisd.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Doctoral Supervision<\/h3>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Carolin H\u00f6fler\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\tProf. Birgit Mager\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\tProf. Dr. Lasse Scherffig\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\nService Desk of \u00a0Graduate Center at TH K\u00f6ln<\/a>
\nDoctoral College for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia<\/a><\/p>\n