Profile
Abstract
Since June 2021 Alexa Becker is a research associate at the Department for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig. She has an interdisciplinary background in literature, art, media and computer science. Her research interests are micro-interactions, co-design and the smart home, especially for people with chronic disease. She works in the project “futurehomestories” funded by the BMBF.
Professional career
- since 06/2021
Research associate at the Department for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig (BMBF project: “futurehomestories”)
Education
- 10/2015 - 05/2021
Study of computer science for humanities and social scientists at TU Chemnitz (M.Sc.) - 10/2010 - 09/2014
Study of literature-art-media at University of Konstanz (B.A.)
- show detailsIntegrated Research Cluster, Subcluster 2 Collaborative Interventions (KI), Project KI2: Integrated research as co-creation practice (futurehomestories)Pentzold, ChristianDuration: 04/2021 – 03/2024Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und ForschungInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
- show detailsOnline-WorkshopDiversifying Approaches to Co-Designing the Smart EverydayMedien- und KommunikationswissenschaftEvent Organiser: Pentzold, Christian; Becker, Alexa; Haupt, Benedikt05/12/2021
- show detailsTagungsworkshopPartizipation und Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Ermächtigung und Verantwortung in TechnikentwicklungsprojektenMedien- und KommunikationswissenschaftEvent Organiser: Haupt, Benedikt; Becker, Alexa; Pentzold, Christian06/10/2022 – 07/10/2022