Research Areas
Co-Design, Design Methods, Internet of Things, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Participatory Design
Career History
since October 2019 Professor of Human Computer Interaction at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2014—2019 Post Doctoral Researcher & Principal Investigator of Miteinander, Faculty For Computer Science, Chemnitz University of Technology · Germany
2018 Visiting Research Fellow, QUT Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane — with Prof. Margot Brereton, Dr. Alessandro Soro
2014 Ethnographical Studies, Technology & Ageing, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Australia
2007—2014 Researcher, Media Informatics · Faculty For Computer Science, Chemnitz University of Technology · Germany
2010 Visiting Research Fellow, Berkeley, California, USA Prof. Aaron Marcus
2004—2007 Teacher For Interface Design and Digital Typography, Berufliches Schulzentrum e.o.plauen, Plauen · Germany
2001—2007 self employed Interaction Designer
1999—2003 Student of Media Art & Design at Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany
Funding & Grants
2023 — Bitplush — (BMBF, 1.318.000 €, HS Anhalt: 466.114 EUR, principal investigator)
2023 — Simplications — Implikationen (vermeintlich) einfacher Sensordaten für Privatheit im Zuhause (BMBF, 1.126.830 EUR, HS Anhalt: 212.869 EUR, co-applicant)
2022 — Co-Creation als Methode gemeinschaftlicher System- und Technikentwürfe (CogS) (BMBF, FH Europa 71.000 €, principal investigator)
2021 — PraxWerk: Fachspezifische Lehrkonzepte zum Transfer der Praxisvermittlung
in digitalen Werkstätten (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre, 2.307.714 €, co-applicant)
2021 — Cluster Integrierte Forschung (BMBF, 2.949.600 €, co-applicant)
2021 — futurehomestories (BMBF, ~300.000 €, principal investigator together with Prof. Dr. Christian Pentzold)
2018—2020 — Mitmach X (BMBF, 382.000 €, co-applicant)
2014—2019(2022) — Miteinander (BMBF, 2.560.000 €, principal investigator)
2014 — Travel Grant (DAAD)
2001 — Travel Grant (State of Thuringia)
Teaching Experience
- Recipient of the Hochschule Anhalt Teaching Award 2021 (Press Release, Press Coverage)
- Typography & Graphic Design Fundamentals
- Interaction Design Fundamentals
- Human Computer Interaction Fundamentals
- Design Methods
- Interaction Design Studio Courses (Master & PhD Level)
- PhD Supervision
Academic Services
- Member of the Futuring SIGCHI committee
- Workshop Chair for DIS 2023
- Pictorials Chair for DIS 2022
- Reviewer for ACM CHI, ACM DIS, ACM NordiCHI, Participatory Design Conference, IASDR, ToCHI
- Associate Chair for ACM DIS 2020 & DIS 2021, ACM DIS Provocations & WIP 2019
- General Chair Workshop Socially Responsible Technology Development Mensch und Computer Conference 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- General Chair Workshop Design Thinking in Germany Mensch und Computer Conference 2011, 2012, 2014
Invited Talks & Research Visits
2019
Invited Talk Simon Fraser University, SIAT, Vancouver, Canada
Invited Talk University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design · USA
Invited Talk University of Bristol, BIG Lab · United Kingdom
2018
Invited Talk HBK Braunschweig · Germany
Invited Talk Hongkong Baptist University, Hongkong · SAR China
Workshop Smart Connected Things, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Invited Talk Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Urban Informatics, Faculty of Creative Industries
Invited Talk, University of Melbourne · Social NUI Lab
Visiting Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
2017
Invited Talk, Centrum Wiskunde, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016
Invited Talk, Simon Fraser University, SIAT, Vancouver, Canada
2015
Invited Talk, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia
2014
Invited Talk, PaiChai University, Daejon Korea
Ethnographical Studies in Mongolia, Japan, Korea, China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Australia
2010
Visiting Research Fellow, Prof. Aaron Marcus, Berkeley, California, USA