PhD Projects at the Center of Cultural Production
For PhD students interested in the intersections of arts, cultural studies, economics and sociology, the Center provides a platform for exchange and networking. It initiates colloquia at the Zeppelin University Graduate School for the presentation and discussion of research projects.
Current PhD Projects
Chair of Media & Communication Science
Felix Krell
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Chair of Cultural Theory & Cultural Analysis
Gill Zimmermann
Zur Frage der Ökologie. Geschichte des Wohnens
Hannah Schiffner
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Christina von Heydenaber
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Chair of Art Theory & Curating
Francesca Brusa
Invisible production
Helene Romakin
The Anthropocene and Visual Culture: Material Strategies in Art and Architecture
Sponsors: SNF - Schweizerischer Nationalfonds
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Marie Rosenkranz
Artistic strategies in Brexit
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Anna Fech
Giannina Herion
SEX AFTER DEATH. Facing sexual trauma between sexes in the mirror of contemporary art and discourse
Sophie Mak-Schram
Bahman Iranpour
Art and socially engaged practice in contemporary Iran
Marteinn Sindri Jónsson
Ecologies of the Public Sphere
The Curatorial Function of Independent Art Spaces in Germany
Chair of Sociological Theory
Senior Professorship for Sociology of the Art Field and Creative Industries
Friederike Schmiedl
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Saskia Buchmann
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Laura Noll
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Luca Gurtner
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WÜRTH Chair of Cultural Production
Julian Stahl
Organisierte (Un)Ordnung – Kulturorganisationen in der Netzwerkgesellschaft
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Christian Weining
Zur Organisation von Kulturorganisationen
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Completed PhD Projects
Chair of Art Theory & Curating
Franziska Brüggmann
The exhibition as critique of the exhibition. Or: What remains of Institutional Critique? A systematic overview of the institutionally critical discourse. (2018)
Chair of Art Theory and Curating
Christina Buck
Conveying artistic Epistemes Higher Education Institutions and Universities (2019)
Chair of Art Theory and Curating
Alexander Wilhelmi
The Trade & the Image: Portraits of Art Dealers in the 20th Century (2019)
Chair of Art Theory and Curating
Jan Zipp
Programming Creativity - Semantics and Organisation of Creativity within IT Enterprises (2020)
Chair of Art Theory and Curating
Eva Zepp
Participation in School Architecture: Aesthetics, Politics, Regimes of Display
Sponsors: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (2016 until 2019)
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Chair of Corporate Management & Human Resources Management
Kay Hendrik Hofmann
Co-Financing Hollywood Film Productions with Outside Investors (2012)
WÜRTH Chair of Cultural Production
Leticia Labaronne
Measuring the immeasurable: A contextualized empirically-based model for evaluating the performing arts. (2019)
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Claudia Steigerwald
Kulturelle Bildung als Programm. Die Idee einer „Bildung durch Kultur“ von der Neuen Kulturpolitik bis heute. (2019)
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Johanna Schindler
On Subjectivity and Synchrony in Artistic Research. Ethnographic Insights (2017)
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Esther Bishop
Tertiäre Bildung an deutschen Musikhochschulen
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