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Benedikt Haupt

Benedikt Haupt

Research Fellow

Media and Communications
Zeppelinhaus
Nikolaistraße 27-29, Room 5.15
04109 Leipzig

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Abstract

Since June 2021 Benedikt Haupt works as a research associate at the Institute for Communication and Media Studies at the University of Leipzig. Beforehand he studied Media Communication (B.A.) and digital Media and Communication Cultures (M.A.) at the Chemnitz University of Technology. During his studies he worked as a student research assistant in the project 'Miteinander' as well as later at the professorship of Sociology of Visual Communication and Media. After graduating he received as scholarship at the CRC 1410 - Hybrid Societies.

At the University of Leipzig he is now a part of the team working on the futurehomestories project.

Professional career

  • 06/2021 - 06/2024
    Research Associate in the project futurehomestories at the professorship for Media- and Communication Studies at the University of Leipzig
  • 11/2020 - 12/2020
    Research Assistant at the professorship of Sociology of Visual Communication and Media at the Chemnitz University of Technology
  • 05/2020 - 07/2020
    Research Assistant at the professorship of Sociology of Visual Communication and Media at the Chemnitz University of Technology
  • 09/2018 - 03/2020
    Atudent Assistant at the professorship of Sociology of Visual Communication and Media at the Chemnitz University of Technology
  • 10/2016 - 12/2016
    Honorarium worker for community management in the research project 'Media and Refugees'
  • 04/2016 - 06/2016
    Student Assistant at the University of Leipzig in the project 'Miteinander' at Chemnitz University of Technology
  • since 04/2024
    Research Associate at the professorship for Media- and Communication Studies at the University of Leipzig

Education

  • 01/2021 - 06/2021
    scholarship holder at the CRC 1410 - Hybrid Societies
  • 10/2017 - 12/2020
    Digital Media and Communication Cultures (Master of Arts) at Chemnitz University of Technology
  • 10/2014 - 10/2017
    Media Communication (Bachelor of Arts) at Chemnitz University of Technology

The social aspects of human-robot-interaction as well as visual communication and the methods of qualitative social research mark the focus of his work so far. With his work in the project futurehomestories the field of Co-Creation and the methods associated with this field become his new research focus.

  • Integrated Research Cluster, Subcluster 2 Collaborative Interventions (KI), Project KI2: Integrated research as co-creation practice (futurehomestories)
    Pentzold, Christian
    Duration: 04/2021 – 03/2024
    Funded by: BMBF Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
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more projects

  • Pentzold, C.; Berger, A.; Haupt, B.; Becker, A.
    Future home stories: participatory predicaments and methodological scaffolding in narrative speculation on alternative domestic lives
    Digital Creativity. 2022. 33 (3). pp. 276–294.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14626268.2022.2082488
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more publications

  • Tagungsworkshop
    Partizipation und Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Ermächtigung und Verantwortung in Technikentwicklungsprojekten
    Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
    Event Organiser: Haupt, Benedikt; Becker, Alexa; Pentzold, Christian
    06/10/2022 – 07/10/2022
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  • Online-Workshop
    Diversifying Approaches to Co-Designing the Smart Everyday
    Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
    Event Organiser: Pentzold, Christian; Becker, Alexa; Haupt, Benedikt
    05/12/2021
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more events

  • Co-Designing for the Smart Home (WS22/23) - Research Module Digital Media and Networked Communication Practices II (Master's program in Communication and Media Studies)

    The focus of seminar is on exploring methods for co-designing digital technologies. These stimulate creativity and enable participation in the innovation of digital technologies. The seminar focuses on the smart home, as a place of application of numerous and diverse technologies. Concepts of the smart home are critically reflected upon as well as an understanding of participatory methods is developed. Students explore the tools and apply them in their own research projects.

  • The smart everyday – participatory research and the IoT (Research Module Digital Media and Networked Communication Practices II (Master's program in Communication and Media Studies)

    The module deals with two fields of innovation: the IoT and participatory methods. IoT applications permeate everyday life and turn communicative places into media. Participatory research is becoming increasingly important in other disciplines beyond design fields. It enables people to be actively involved in research processes at eye level. The seminar will discuss the basics, methods and applications of participatory approaches in media and communication studies.