Tenure-track professorships
As part of the federal-state and government program for early-career researchers, the KU is filling a total of seven tenure-track professorships with a thematic focus on digitalization.
An initial joint starting point was established on October 29, 2021, during the kick-off event on the topic “For a Human-Centered Digital Society.”
Digital Journalism
Prof. Dr. Karin Boczek
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Karin Boczek has been Junior Professor of Digital Journalism at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since May 2021. Prior to that, she served as junior professor at the Department of Journalism Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz from October 2019 to April 2021. She studied Journalism Studies with a minor in social sciences (Diploma in Journalism Studies) and business and economics (Bachelor’s degree) at TU Dortmund University and earned her Ph.D. in 2019 with a dissertation titled “Diversity as a Journalistic Value? An Analysis of the Use of Expert Sources in Reporting Using Text Mining and Classical Content Analysis.”
Data Science
Prof. Dr. Dominik Stöger
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Dominik Stöger has been a Junior Professor of Data Science at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since September 2021. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles from 2019 to 2021. He studied Mathematics (BSc and MSc) at the Technical University of Munich and earned his PhD in 2019 with a doctoral thesis on “Bilinear Compressed Sensing.” For his doctoral thesis, he was awarded the Dr. Klaus Körper Prize by the GAMM (Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics).
Digital Romance Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Anna Kocher
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Anna Kocher has been a Junior Professor of Digital Romance Linguistics at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since October 2021. Prior to that, she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Romance Studies at the University of Vienna. She studied linguistics and Romance philology in Vienna and Lisbon and earned her PhD in the subject of Romance philology from the University of Vienna in 2019 with a doctoral thesis titled “Unselected Root Complementizers in Ibero-Romance.”
Human-Technology Interaction
Prof. Dr. Christina Pfeuffer
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Christina Pfeuffer has been a Junior Professor of Human-Technology Interaction at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since March 2022. Prior to that, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Freiburg from 2017 to 2022. She studied Psychology (BSc and MSc) at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg and earned her PhD in Psychology in 2017 at the University of Freiburg under Andrea Kiesel, with a doctoral thesis titled “Instruction-based Action Control.”
Dgital Marketing
Prof. Dr. Robin-Christopher Ruhnau
Robin-Christopher Ruhnau has been a Professor of Digital Marketing at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since November 2022. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral researcher/habilitation candidate and academic advisor at the University of Mannheim on the Business-to-Business Marketing, Sales & Pricing Chair. He earned a BA in Tourism Management from Munich University of Applied Sciences and an MSc in Management from the University of Mannheim, and received his doctorate in business and economics from the University of Mannheim in 2020.
Digital Finance
Prof. Dr. David Streich
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David Streich has been a Junior Professor of Digital Finance at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since March 2023. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from 2021 to 2022 and a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group from 2022 to 2023. He studied economics (BSc and MSc) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and earned his doctorate there in 2022 with a doctoral thesis titled “Financial Advice in the Digital Age.”
Elementary Education
Prof. Dr. Barbara Lenzgeiger
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Barbara Lenzgeiger has been a Junior Professor of Elementary School Education at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt since March 2023. She studied to become a teacher at the University of Regensburg and worked as an elementary school teacher. She completed her doctoral degree in 2017 at the University of Augsburg with a doctoral thesis titled "Teacher Professionalism in the Field of Political Education: A Study on Motivational Orientations and Beliefs in General Studies." From 2019 to 2023, she served as a research associate and academic advisor at the Chair of Elementary School Pedagogy and Didactics at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
