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21. November 2025

Looking back with Postdoc Nicolas Zehner

Private: Dr. Nicolas Zehner

LolMyPaper. I have just published my PhD with Transcript Verlag. The book is called “Envisaging Dataist Modernity: The Construction of Edinburgh’s Innovation Apparatus” and it explores who gets to imagine […]

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7. November 2025

Looking back with Postdoc Sung Un Gang

Private: Dr. Sung Un Gang

LolMyPaper. If I had to summarize my latest article in a nutshell, I would say: Queer individuals in South Korea keep their bars, clubs, and event sites well-separated from unwanted […]

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24. October 2025

Looking back with Postdoc Daniela Stoltenberg

Private: Dr. Daniela Stoltenberg

LolMyPaper. If I had to summarize my PhD thesis in a nutshell, I would say: Turns out people care a lot about the city center, but don’t give a rat’s […]

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10. October 2025

Looking back with Postdoc Ignacio Castillo Ulloa

Private: Dr. Ignacio Castillo Ulloa

LolMyPaper. I’d summarize my latest paper on spatial conflicts experienced by young people in Lima and Berlin like this: To be sure, no one likes conflicts. But grappling with and […]

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26. September 2025

Looking back with PhD Candidate Joanna Jurkiewicz

Private: Joanna Jurkiewicz

LolMyThesis. To summarize the main idea of my thesis in one sentence is really hard:/! Here is my attempt: I wrote a whole dissertation to say that cross-cultural encounters aren’t […]

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12. September 2025

Looking back with PhD Candidate Simon C. Pohl

Private: Simon Pohl

LolMyThesis. If I had to summarize the main idea of my dissertation in one or two sentences, I would say: Somehow capital always finds new ways to undermine public control. […]

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5. September 2025

Looking back with PhD Candidate Zozan Baran

Private: Zozan Baran

LolMyThesis. If I had tosummarize my dissertation’s main idea in a sentence, I would say: Places and connections have always been crucial for activists and social movements. What I want […]

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29. August 2025

Looking back with Postdoc Jochen Kibel

Private: Dr. Jochen Kibel

LolMyPaper. I’d summarize my latest paper like this:When people change, adapt or rebuild the spaces in which they live, they also develop a different sense of themselves. Interacting with spaces […]

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