PoGS PhD Representatives

In my own doctoral research, I explore the relationship between humans and space, particularly in built environments. My focus is on architectural education and the question of how we can develop a deeper understanding of the design and perception of our lived environment. Art education perspectives and artistic research are key tools for questioning and reshaping spatial practices—especially for children and young people.
The doctoral phase is much more than just writing a dissertation, as I am continually reminded in my exchanges with other doctoral candidates. It is a comprehensive phase of developing academic, methodological, and professional competencies.
As a representative of PhD candidates, I aim to act as a mediator for their perspectives, bringing their concerns, experiences, and needs into the PoGS's offers and courses. A balanced promotion of methodological diversity in research and interdisciplinary exchange is particularly important to me. The goal is to be empowered to shape the doctoral phase in a way that not only fulfills academic objectives but also transfers knowledge, enables networking, and sustainably fosters personal development.
 

My PhD thesis is about the body experience of children in primary school in physical education. I want to find out how relevant teachers consider this topic and how they create the environment to allow children to collect a broad spectrum of body experiences in physical education.

Beside my PhD and my work at university, I also work as a primary teacher. Therefore I experience on a daily basis the importance of well functioning networks between the different work areas. To actually make a change, improving working conditions or making fears and wishes seen a „transfer connection“ is needed. Based on my prior experience, my interest in different topics and my communicative personality I would like to help other PhD candidates to make their personal issues seen.  We also realized this year two Online Writing Days and supported the reinitiation of the “Deutschlandticket” for PhD students. If I was elected again, I could continue all of my momentarily ongoing efforts to solve problems of PhD candidates.