Prof. Dr. Judith Ackermann

Digital Media, Media education, Media communication, Hybrid Realities, (location-based) Gaming, Theater and Performance, Design as Research

Bio

Studied media science, computational linguistics, psychology and acting in Bonn and Cologne, PhD in media science at the University of Bonn (2011);
since January 2017 Professor for Digital and Networked Media in Social Work at FH Potsdam (substitute professorship since Oct. 2016);
previously research coordinator of the interdisciplinary DFG Research Training Group “Locating Media” at the University of Siegen and lecturer for special tasks at the Media Studies Seminar Siegen (2013-2016);
2012-2013 research assistant in the research funding of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Department: Digital Media in Vocational Education, PT-DLR);
2007-2011 adjunct lecturer and lecturer for special tasks at the Institute of Communication Studies Bonn;
visiting professorships at the School of Design of the Politecnico di Milano (2015 to 2019) and the Film University Babelsberg (Digital Media Culture, 2012/13);
lecturer in the continuing education master’s program in play and media pedagogy at the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena (from WS 2016/2017);
actress in children’s theater at Horizont Theater Cologne (since 2014);
initiator of the international urban games festival playin’siegen (since 2015)

You can visit the personal page of Prof. Dr. Judith Ackermann on the website of University of Applied Sciences Potsdam here (in German).