I am an Innovation Fellow at the Centre for Digital Citizens within Open Lab at the School of Computing, Newcastle University, where I explore the 'Ageless' digital citizen. My work is centered around the exploration of arts-based and creative research methods including text-, image- and perfomance-based methods such as storyboarding, story mapping, draw-write(-tell) and dance.
My interest is in arts as an embodied way of knowing, meaning-making and learning for both the researcher and the researched over the course of the whole research process. I am keen on exploring how this can be supported through technology and how it can enrich our means of expression, our exchange with others and self-reflection.
I am also a member of the ACM SIG CHI chapter on "Arts in HCI" which aims to engage with, and promote arts practice and methods to the wider HCI community as well as encourage collaboration, support and mentoring for those working between the arts and HCI research space.
10/2022-present: Innovation Fellow (Full Time), Centre for Digital Citizens, Open Lab, School of Computing, Newcastle University, UK
05/2022-05/2023: Teaching Assistant (Part Time), Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
2021: Human-Computer Interaction Consultant (Contractor)
12/2016-04/2018: Research Officer (Part Time), CAAR Centre for Applied Autism Research, School of Psychology, University of Bath, UK
01/2016-10/2016: Programmer (Part Time), School of Psychology, University of Bath, UK
10/2013-04/2016: Teaching Assistant (Part Time), Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
05/2015-09/2015: Programmer (Full Time), Department of Computer Science and School of Psychology, University of Bath, UK
10/2013-04/2016: Invigilator (Part Time), Department of Computer Science, School of Management and other Departments, University of Bath, UK
03/2013-09/2013: Research Collaborator (Full Time), School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol & Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK
08/2012-03/2013: Research Assistant (Full Time), Serious Games Institute SGI, Coventry, UK
08/2009-07/2012: Student Assistant/Manager of the Games Master Class (Part Time)
04/2008-07/2012: Student Assistant (Part Time)
10/2006-03/2007: Student Intern (Full Time)
2013-2024: PhD in Computer Science (Part Time), Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
2012: Diplom-Informatikerin (Full Time), Fakultät Informatik und Automatisierung, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
2015 Public Engagement Grant, University of Bath
2013-2019 Full Graduate School Scholarship, University of Bath
2013 Full graduate scholarship awarded by Leonardo da Vinci EU programme
2012 "Ehrenamtspreis" award for volunteer work in university politics of the Student Council/Student Union, Ilmenau University of Technology
2006-2007 Full undergraduate student scholarship awarded by Leonardo da Vinci EU programme
2024 Reviewer for AltCHI'24 and DIS'24
2023 Reviewer for AltCHI'23 and for CSCW'23
2015/2016 Representative of Postgraduates Students, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
2015 Reviewer for British HCI Conference'15
2014/2015 Coordinator of the Human-Computer Interaction Seminar, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
2014
2013/2014
2009 Speaker Acquisition for the International Student Week ISWI 2009, Initiative Solidarische Welt Ilmenau e.V., Germany
2008/2009
2007/2008 STEM Mentor for High School Student/Pupils at Cybermentor Project, University of Regensburg/University of Ulm, Germany
2006 Member of the event realization team of the "Kinderuni" Children's University, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany
2005/2006