Prof. Dr. Judith Ackermann

Research Professor for Digital Media and Performance in Social Work

Unit

Department of Social and Educational Sciences

Institute for Applied Research Urban Futures (IaF)

judith.ackermann@fh-potsdam.de

Phone

+49 331 580-4117

Location

House 5

Room

210

Office hours

by arrangement through e-mail

Research focus

Digital media and aesthetics
Post-digital art practices
Extended reality (XR, VR, AR)
Digital performances
Computer games
Artificial intelligence
Media education
Theater education
Design as research
Science communication

CV

Since 2024: Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal merz - medien + erziehung (media + education)

Since 2023: Supervisory board member for the Fachstelle Jugendmedienkultur NRW (Computer Projekt Köln e.V.) (North Rhine-Westphalia Youth Media Culture Center)

Since 2023: Honorary member of the Equal eSports Council of Telekom, eSports Player Foundation, and SK Gaming

Winter semester 2020/21 to summer semester 2023 Chair of the Senate of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Since 2020
Research professor after evaluation and selection

Since 2020: Scientific advisor to the Academy for Theater and Digitality Dortmund

Since 2017
Professor of Digital Media and Performance in Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam (acting professor since Oct. 2016)

Since winter semester 2016/2017
Lecturer in the continuing education master's program in Game and Media Education at the Ernst Abbe University of Applied Sciences Jena

2015 - 2019 Regular guest professorships at the Politecnico di Milano

Since 2015
Initiator of the international urban games festival playin'siegen

2014 - 2020 Actress in children's theater at the Horizont Theater Cologne

2013–2016
Scientific coordinator of the interdisciplinary DFG Research Training Group “Locating Media” at the University of Siegen and lecturer for special tasks in the media studies seminar in Siegen

Winter semester 2012/2013 Visiting professor of digital media culture, Film University Babelsberg

2012 - 2013
Research assistant in research funding at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (department: Digital Media in Vocational Education, PT-DLR)

2011: Doctorate (Dr. phil.), Media Studies, University of Bonn

2007 - 2011
Lecturer and teacher for special tasks at the Institute for Communication Studies, Bonn University

2007 - 2008 Acting studies (basic studies) Theater Academy Cologne

2001 - 2006 M.A. Studies in Media Studies, Computational Linguistics, Psychology, University of Bonn

Publications at FHP from 2018 onwards (according to core data set for research)

2025

Johanna Hartmann, Mareike Schuhmacher, Annalena Hiergeist, Judith Ackermann. Digitale Narrative zu Wissenschaftler*innen: Selbstdarstellung in sozialen Medien. 101-1222025.
Judith Ackermann, Rahel Maué. Employing Game Design for Forensic Aesthetics: A Multi-Perspective Approach to Creating Immersive Interactive Experiences That Illustrate the Societal Neglect of Mental Illness. Disegno industriale44-552025.
Anna-Sophie Barbutev, Judith Ackermann, Johanna Hartmann. Expert*innensuche im Internet: Eine Eyetracking-Studie zum Recherche- und Selektionsverhalten von Wissenschaftler*innen und Journalist*innen. 149-1622025.
Anna-Sophie Barbutev, Judith Ackermann, Johanna Hartmann. Perspektivenvielfalt in der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung?: Eine quantitative Analyse zur Präsenz von Wissenschaftlerinnen in klassischen Medien. 27-402025.
Anne-Kathrin Gerlieb, Anna-Sophie Barbutev, Judith Ackermann. Sichtbarkeit ist nicht genug: Zur Geschlechterdimension von Wissenschaftskommunikation. 9-232025.
Judith Ackermann. Street Fighter II: The World Warrior. 300-3062025.
Judith Ackermann. Von Freund*innen lernen: Bildungsinfluencer*innen auf TikTok zwischen Selbstvermarktung und Wissensvermittlung: Eine medienästhetische Betrachtung im Kontext von physischer und psychischer Gesundheit. 133-1552025.
Anne-Kathrin Gerlieb, Anna-Sophie Barbutev, Judith Ackermann. Wissenschaftlerinnen vernetzen, stärken, zeigen: Social-Media-Erfahrungen aus dem Projekt @diewissenschaftlerinnen. 297-3042025.
Judith Ackermann, Anne-Kathrin Gerlieb, Anna-Sophie Barbutev. Wissenschaftskommunikation und Gender: Chancen und Herausforderungen der Sichtbarkeit von Wissenschaftler*innen in sozialen und klassischen Medien. 2025.

2024

Laijana Braun, Judith Ackermann. Press Play to Transform – durch Serious Games Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule befördern. 161-1852024.

2023

Leyla Dewitz, Judith Ackermann. Anxiety-Related Content on Instagram and Twitter: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Mental Health Communication and Information Sharing. 1-282023.
Rahel Flechtner, Leyla Dewitz, Rahel Maué, Jordi Tost, Paula L. Schuster, Judith Ackermann, Frank Heidmann. Facing fears, facing opportunities: Lessons learned from a participatory design format with people affected by social anxiety. 1-192023.
Judith Ackermann, Anna-Sophie Barbutev, Anne Gerlieb. Frauen in der Wissenschaft sichtbarer machen: So kann es gelingen. 2023.
Judith Ackermann, Laijana Braun, Rebecca Freitag. Gaming for Sustainability: Durch Spieldesign Verständnis und Handlungsmotivation im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit stärken. 59-722023.
Ilaria Mariani, Mariana Ciancia, Judith Ackermann. Interactive Digital Narratives and Counter-Narratives: Systematising knowledge to derive clusters as lenses of observation. GAME5-322023.
Judith Ackermann, Benjamin Egger. Postdigital Wellbeing und Influencer*innen: Empathische Feedbackschleifen zwischen queeren Sportler*innen und Jugendlichen. 35-452023.
Benjamin Egger, Judith Ackermann. Postdigitale Kunstpraktiken in der Kulturellen Bildung: Ästhetische Begegnungen zwischen Aneignung, Produktion und Vermittlung. 91-952023.
Rahel Maué, Leyla Dewitz, Judith Ackermann. Wohlbefinden auf Umwegen: Mehr Awareness für Soziale Ängste durch Virtual Reality. MedienConcret : Magazin für die pädagogische Praxis94-972023.

2021

Judith Ackermann. Chancen von Mikro-Videos für die Bildung. 14-142021.
Judith Ackermann, Benjamin Egger. Empathische Feedbackschleifen für ein postdigitales Theater. Theater der Zeit : Zeitschrift für Theater und Politik120-1232021.
Judith Ackermann. Fallbeispiel Herausforderungen und Chancen: Wie gehen Jugendliche mit Nachrichten im digitalen Kontext um?. 18-192021.
Judith Ackermann, Frank Früchtel. Lehre im Lockdown: Corona als Reallabor digitaler Hochschule. Medien + Erziehung45-522021.
Ilaria Mariani, Judith Ackermann. Post-digital fairy tales: Crafting Interactive Digital Narratives to Reflect on Post-digital Challenges. 283-3022021.
Judith Ackermann, Benjamin Egger. Postdigitale kulturelle Bildung: Zur Einführung. 1-142021.
Benjamin Egger, Judith Ackermann, Madgalena Kovarik. Postdigitale Kunst ausstellen und erfahren: Gestaltung empathischer Feedbackschleifen als Ordnungsmoment für hybride Ausstellungskontexte. 113-1182021.
Judith Ackermann. Präsentieren, liken, teilen, kommentieren: Politik auf TikTok. Journal für politische Bildung28-312021.
Judith Ackermann, Benjamin Egger. Transdisziplinäre Begegnungen zwischen postdigitaler Kunst und Kultureller Bildung: Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft, Kunst und Vermittlung. 2021.

2020

Judith Ackermann, Leyla Dewitz. Kreative Bearbeitung politischer Information auf TikTok. MedienPädagogik : Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung69-932020.
Benjamin Egger, Judith Ackermann. Meta-curating: online exhibitions questioning curatorial practices in the postdigital age. International Journal for Digital Art History18-352020.
Judith Ackermann, Benjamin Egger, Rebecca Scharlach. Programming the Postdigital: Curation of Appropriation Processes in (Collaborative) Creative Coding Spaces. Postdigital Science and Education416-4412020.
Judith Ackermann, Leyla Dewitz. Soziale Medien als Mittel der Krisenbewältigung: Besonderheiten digitalen Storytellings auf TikTok am Beispiel von #Corona. Medien + Erziehung19-262020.
Judith Ackermann. Spielende postdigitale Körper. Navigationen : Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften53-692020.

2019

Hermann Staats, Judith Ackermann, Lea Sarrar. Gruppenprozesse in digitalen Welten: Eine entwicklungspsychologische Perspektive. Gruppenpsychotherapie und Gruppendynamik : Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Gruppenanalyse8-272019.
Judith Ackermann, Marian Dörk, Hanne Seitz. PKKB: Postdigitale Kunstpraktiken: Ästhetische Begegnungen zwischen Aneignung, Produktion und Vermittlung. 173-1842019.

Selected projects

Perspektiven von Kindern auf digitale Medien - Postdigitale Bildungsräume in Kindertageseinrichtungen mit Kindern gestalten und evaluieren - Teilprojekt: Technologie, Co-Creation

App Prototyping as an Inclusive Teaching-Learning Arrangement for the Integrative Development of Digital Skills at Upper Secondary Level

The planned project will develop and empirically test a new approach to teaching digital skills through app prototyping.

DISA – Digital Inclusion in the Context of Social Anxiety Disorders

The project addresses digital inclusion in the context of social anxiety disorders.

WIM - Women Scientists in the Media

Opportunities and challenges for women arising from the digital expansion of traditional science communication: Research into the under-representation of female scientists in journalism and science communication, and the development of formats and a support structure to increase the visibility of female experts and create role models for the next generation of scientists. The project investigates…

PKKB: Postdigital Art Practices in Cultural Education - Aesthetic Encounters between Appropriation, Production and Mediation

Research into post-digital art scenes, their spaces of practice, appropriation and reception as well as the development of artistic-aesthetic mediation concepts for cultural education in exchange with the research practices carried out.

Communicative Appropriation of Digital Sports

An exploratory analysis of chat communication in esports, using the Paris Major Blast 2023 as a case study.

Kids in the Landtag – Interdisciplinary Project in the Context of Political Education Work

In a cooperation between the Brandenburg State Parliament and the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, everything in the summer semester 2019 revolved around the big picture: because in view of the extremely turbulent world political situation of recent years, the urgency of political education work will probably be obvious to everyone…

News Appropriation in Times of Social Media

Over a period of one year, the project "Nachrichtenaneignung in Zeiten Sozialer Medien" looked at the news activities of young people aged 14 - 19 years on digital platforms.

Basics of Sustainability – Interdisciplinary Online Sustainability Course at FH Potsdam

The sustainFHP team is developing the first interdisciplinary online sustainability course at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. The offer is also aimed at international students, as the course is in English and can be studied asynchronously.

dpi Lab: Digital Participation and Inclusion Lab

The dpi-lab was installed in May 2020 at the Department of Social and Educational Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam to bundle the various research activities at the interface of digital technologies, social work and educational science.

Gaming for Sustainability

In an Interflex seminar, students developed online games on the topic of sustainability.

Innovative Digital Media as a Learning Environment for Challenging Forms of Conversation in Social Professions

In the "ConvoQuest" project, innovative digital media as learning environments are being investigated and tested. The project focuses on a course at the FH Potsdam from the summer term of 2023, in which students developed prototypical, innovative learning environments. In the future, these can be used as a source of knowledge for questions about conversation techniques.

FEEL - Feeling, Recognising, Assessing, Learning

Extended reality and AI-supported counselling for parents in understanding and dealing constructively with their children's emotions

FUX-XR@FH;P: Extended Reality (XR)

The aim of the project, which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund, is to bring together virtual and real environments.