Team

Prof. Dr. Heike Derwanz
Project lead

Prof. Dr. Karen Ellwanger
Project lead

Dr. Christopher Sommer
Research associate / project coordinator
After completing a B.A. in History in Mannheim (Germany) and a M.A. in Museum Studies in Oldenburg (Germany) I wanted to gain some international research experience. Lo and behold I got a PhD scholarship in New Zealand. It took a while, but in 2016 I left with a mortarboard.
My research interests are the representation of immigration in museums, the representation of pre-modern military history in military history museums and digitization strategies for tertiary education.
Right now I work in two digitization projects: Qualität Plus and Uni Action. Both aim to improve digital literacy among students.