Through teaching, theoretical and empirical work should come to life as intrinsically logical, but at the same time connected fields. Furthermore, I consider it important to establish links to neighbouring disciplines (psychology, history, sociology) but also to more distant fields of research that are increasingly concerned with communicative subjects (human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction).
The central concern of this combination of object-oriented teaching and fundamental theoretical questions is to further develop students‘ ability to work and research independently and to apply this potential to new objects. Against the background of my experiences in interdisciplinary contexts, as an opportunity for further development.
Regardless of the concrete forms of teaching, a basic feature of my university teaching is to build up an open and communicative relationship with the students. My goal is to create an atmosphere and attitude that is characterized by curiosity and interest even when dealing with challenging topics or texts. Such an attitude also includes encouraging students to start own empirical work. Despite all the effort, this will result in surprisingly good work early on.
In order to encourage such developments, I continuously work with colleagues on projects and teaching formats that support the scientific work of students and young scientists. These include integrated teaching research projects such as „Media and Refugees“ (2015-17) or „HCI in the Wild“ (2017-18) for whose conception and integration into the curriculum I received the Teaching Award of the Saxonian State in 2016 together with Dr. Vivien Sommer. Furthermore, the development of new working and presentation formats of scientific analysis, like blogs (2013) and podcasts (2017/18), is a central topic of my teaching.
Supervised theses
Bachelor Theses (11)
- B.A. Media Communications 9 (since 2015)
- B.Sc. General Computer Science 2 (since 2017)
Master Theses (10)
- M.A. Digital Media and Communication Cultures 7 (since 2017)
- M.Sc. Computer Science for Humanities & Social Sciences 3 (since 2016)
Courses
I teached a total of 16 courses in more than 10 different study programms (bachelor and master) for 5 different academic institutions in Germany and Canada. Thereby, I planned and held lectures (2 weekly hours total), seminars (16 weekly hours), semester projects (20 weekly hours) and tutorials (14 weekly hours).
| Semester | Title | Format | Institution | Program |
| 20 | Sprechen, Hören, Denken: Leipziger Podcast-Ethnografie, pt. 2 | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ PD Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Lux | Uni Leipzig | M.A. Cultural Studies |
| 19/20 | Sprechen, Hören, Denken: Leipziger Podcast-Ethnografie, pt. 1 | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ PD Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Lux | Uni Leipzig | M.A. Cultural Studies |
| 19 | Forschungsvertiefung: Digitale Transformation von Arbeit | Semester project, 4 SWS, w/ Dr. Philipp Lorig | TU Chemnitz | M.A. Digital Media and Communication Cultures |
| 19 | Einführung in die Kommunikations- und Mediengeschichte | Lecture, 2 SWS | TU Chemnitz | all B.A. programms of Philosophy Faculty |
| 18/19 | Leben mit Robotern | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ Prof. Christian Pentzold | Studienstiftung d. dt. Volkes, Akademie Roggenburg | Scholars from diverse B.A. and M.A. programs |
| 18 | HCI plus! – Agents & Interfaces | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ Prof. Götz Bachmann | Leuphana University | B.A. Digital Media |
| 18 | Reportage, Feuilleton, Podcasts und die Soziologie | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ Dr. Thomas Schmidt-Lux | Uni Leipzig | B.A. Cultural Studies, M.A. Cultural Studies |
| 17/18 | Théorie classique: Reportage, feuilleton et sociologie | Semester project, 4 SWS, w/ Prof. Barbara Thériault | Université de Montréal | B.A. Sociology, M.A. Sociology, PhD Sociology |
| 17/18 | HCI in the Wild | Seminar, 2 SWS | Leuphana University | B.A. Digital Media |
| 17 | HCI in the Wild | Semester project, 4 SWS | TU Chemnitz & Uni Leipzig | B.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science for Humanities, B.A. Cultural Studies |
| 16 | Medien und Asyl – Interaktions- und Kommunikationsformen mit neuen Medien | Seminar, 2 SWS, w/ Dr. Vivien Sommer | TU Chemnitz | B.A. Media Commuinication, M.A. Media Communication |
| 15/16 | Medien und Asyl – Qualitative Auswertungsmethoden | Semester project, 4 SWS | TU Chemnitz | B.A. Media Communication, B.A. Intercultural Communication |
| 15 | Medien und Asyl – Qualitative Erhebungsmethoden | Semester project, 4 SWS | TU Chemnitz | B.A. Media Communication, B.A. Intercultural Communication |
| 12/13 & 13/14 | Grundlagen der qualitativen empirischen Sozial- & Kommunikationsforschung (2x) | Seminar, 2 SWS | TU Chemnitz | B.A. Media Commuinication |
| 13 & 14 | Bloggen als Praxis (3x) | Tutorial, 2 SWS | TU Chemnitz | B.A. Media Communication |
| 2007-10 | 4 Tutorial in Cultural Sociology | Tutorial, 2 SWS | Uni Leipzig | B.A. Cultural Studies |
Didactic Lectures and Workshops
I regularly give lectures and workshops on didactic topics in order to further professionalize university teaching and its quality management.
- Workshop „Interdisciplinarity as key competence“, Lit.Shortcut, HTW Dresden, 24.02.2020
- Keynote „How much digitisation does higher education really need?“, TUCdigital, Days of digital higher education, TU Chemnitz, 14.01.2020
- Workshop „Digital Literacy in University Teaching“, Teaching Day HS Mittweida, Mittweida, 06.11.2019
- Lecture „The LLP Media and Asylum as Integrated Service Learning“, 48th annual conference of the dghd, Leipzig, 06.03.2019
- Workshop „Interdisciplinarity as a key competence“, Lit.Shortcut, University of Leipzig, 14.06.2018
- Lecture „Service Learning through participative methods“, HDS Forum 2018, Leipzig, 13.04.2018
- Workshop „Digital Teaching and Learning“, Teaching Day HS Mittweida, Mittweida, 18.01.2018
- Workshop „MINT meets GSW: Interdisciplinarity as key competence“, Lit.Shortcut, TU Chem-nitz, 27.11.2017
- Lecture „Service Learning through participative methods“, HDS Forum 2017, Leipzig, 10.11.2017