Nico BunzeckProfessor of Life Span Psychology at the University of Luebeck, deals with the development over the lifespan of a person. Role models play a crucial role here, as they are identity-forming. Primarily in the adolescence phase, i.e. between the ages of 12 and 18. However, orientation then takes place nearby, in one’s own peer group and in contrast to the parents.
That also observed Gaia von SykhowskiProfessor of Education at the Music Academy in Lübeck. Her role models, both personal and doctrinal, can be found in the philosophical context of Kant, Foucault and Butler. However, she encourages people to take a critical look at these “idols” and their teachings again and again. She would like to be a role model herself, but also inspire her students to become self-determined and responsible people and teachers.
We know that influencers play a major role in this Felicidad Romero-Tejedor, professor for Digital media design at the Technical University of Lübeck. Societies change and so do their role models. Teachers and religion, for example, lose their function as role models and other “image categories” come to the fore. Designers often act before we see this shift, picking up narratives and holding up a mirror to us, over and over again. So it’s hardly surprising that the designer doesn’t have a single role model, but rather a collage of many.
Under the moderation of Theresa LichtleinHead of Communications at the Technical University of Lübeck, highlights the podcast from Lübeck to the power of 3 once a month topics of research, culture and society. Representatives of the three universities involved in the project (Lübeck University of Music, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences and Lübeck University of Applied Sciences) and, depending on the topic, an expert as a guest are invited.
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Knowledge transfer, mutual dialogue and new ideas – this is what Lübeck stands for 3. The initiators and representatives of the three universities see their own podcast as an important building block to stimulate discourse with society about science and culture.
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Prof. Dr. re. of course Nico Bunzeck is Professor of Life-Span Psychology at the University of Lübeck. He deals with the psychological and neural bases of lifelong learning and memory processes in humans. He primarily researches the connection between motivation, dopaminergic neuromodulation, neuronal plasticity and age-related cognitive changes. He is the head of the Psychology course and, as part of his courses, also sheds light on the role of role models.
Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Gaja von Sychowski has been a professor of educational science at the Lübeck University of Music since 2013. She studied German, pedagogy and educational science in Duisburg and completed her studies with the second state examination for teaching at grammar schools and comprehensive schools (Sek. I and II) in 2007 at the Studienseminar Bocholt. She received her doctorate in 2005 on the subject of “Logos in silence and speech – studies on the connection between language and education” and completed her habilitation in 2011 as part of a scientific collaboration in “General Systematic Pedagogy” at the University of Duisburg-Essen with a thesis on the subject of “Gender and Education – Contributions of gender theory to the foundation of a general pedagogy following Judith Butler and Richard Hönigswald”. She finally came to Lübeck via a guest professorship in Vienna and a deputy professorship in Essen. Her research focuses on neo-Kantianism, deconstructivism and poststructuralism in general systematic pedagogy (theories of education and upbringing).
Prof. Dr. Felicidad Romero-Tejedor has been a professor for the design of digital media at the Technical University (TH) Lübeck since 2002. She studied two- and three-dimensional design at the Facultad de Bellas Artes, a university faculty in her hometown of Barcelona. Her doctoral thesis on “Aspectivity and Transformation. A Phenomenology of Digital Media” she graduated from the Universidad La Laguna in Tenerife. Before being appointed to the professorship at the TH Lübeck, Romero-Tejedor worked as a freelancer in Barcelona and Braunschweig. At the TH Lübeck she teaches the processes of design, cognitive design, interactive design and also design psychology. In research, Felicidad Romero-Tejedor is active in the fields of didactics in media design and design science.
The moderator Theresia Lichtlein has been Head of Communications at the Technical University of Lübeck since 2016. In addition to the podcast “Gedankensprung” she moderates online and offline events, workshops and panels on science, business and academic life. “The podcast GEDENKENSPRÜNGE shows like no other format what different associations a keyword can trigger in different people,” she explains. “I find it incredibly fascinating when these perspectives collide and our world view expands. Our guests as well as our listeners can benefit from the perspectives of others and draw inspiration.”