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Our Offer
The Department of Media and Interactions trains its early-career researchers within two structured doctoral programs that offer a wide range of benefits.
Targeted Qualification
By participating in lectures, seminars, workshops, and colloquia offered by the department and the Doctoral School NRW, doctoral candidates expand their academic expertise and strengthen their methodological and transferable skills, equipping themselves for future careers inside or outside academia
Intensive Supervision
Doctoral candidates benefit from supervision by three professors, regular progress meetings, and a mandatory supervision agreement.
Interdisciplinary Networking
The department understands itself as a networking platform. Doctoral candidates exchange ideas within their own research communities and in inter- and transdisciplinary contexts.
Doctoral Program 'Media, Education, Aesthetics, Design'
Content
The program focuses on the scientific study of the transformation of (mass) media and media communication.
Target Group
Doctoral candidates with a degree in the humanities, social sciences, or cultural studies, as well as in design or creative disciplines, who wish to pursue doctoral projects related to the topics and research questions of the program.
Doctoral Degree
Dr. phil.
Language
German
Program Duration
3 years
Admission and Enrollment
You can apply for acceptance and enrollment at any time. Please note the information on admission and enrollment as well as our dates and deadlines.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gregor Rehmer (gregor.rehmer@pknrw.de).
Doctoral Program 'Human, Digitality, Society'
Content
The program focuses on the scientific study of digital transformation at the interface between technical systems and humans.
Target Group
Doctoral candidates with a degree in computer science (natural or engineering sciences), psychology, or design with a focus on the conception, development, and/or evaluation of technical systems from a human-centered perspective, or with a degree in social sciences, economics, public administration, or the humanities with a focus on examining the requirements for technical systems or the impact of digital systems and processes on humans and society.
Doctoral Degree
Dr.-Ing.
Dr. phil.
Dr. rer. nat.
Language
German
Program Duration
3 years
Admission and Enrollment
You can apply for acceptance and enrollment at any time. Please note the information on admission and enrollment as well as our dates and deadlines.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gregor Rehmer (gregor.rehmer@pknrw.de).
Doctoral Program Media, Education, Aesthetics, Design
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Doctoral Program Human, Digitality, Society
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Doctorate at the PK NRW
Information on the doctorate in a doctoral program of the PK NRW
Cooperative Doctorate at the PK NRW
Information on a cooperative doctorate at the PK NRW
Handreichung Exposé
für den Antrag auf Annahme als Doktorand*in sowie Antrag auf Mitgliedschaft als promovierendes Mitglied (.pdf)
Doctoral Degree Regulations
of the Department of Media and Interactions of the Doctoral School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia from 10.05.2023 (.pdf)
Framework Doctoral Degree Regulations
of the Doctoral School for Applied Research in North Rhine-Westphalia dated 31.01.2023 in the version dated 05.05.2025 (.pdf)
