Location & approach

Arrival by car

A2:
Exit 13 (Kreuz Dortmund Nord-Ost), direction Derne/Schwerte (B236), 1st exit direction Dortmund-Eving, next traffic lights turn right (Kemminghauser Str.), after 2.7km turn left (Evinger Str./B 54), after 1.1km traffic lights turn left (Deutsche Straße), after 500m on the left is the Evinger Platz.

A40/B1/A44:
From the Bundesstraße 1 (extension A40 or A44) to the intersection B1/B236 direction Lünen, 3rd exit direction Dortmund-Eving.

A45:
Exit Dortmund Hafen, turn left until the intersection Münsterstraße (B54), direction Eving, after about three kilometers turn into Deutsche Straße.

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Arrival by plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just about 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station by AirportExpress and from there to the university by subway (U-Bahn) 41. The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station. From there, you can get directly to Dortmund Central Station.

Arrival by public transport

From Dortmund Central Station, take the U 41 light rail (direction Brambauer / Brechten). The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". The Minister Stein Center is located on the right in the direction of travel of the streetcar.

You can find an overview map here.

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Location & approach

Arrival by car

A2:
Exit 13 (Kreuz Dortmund Nord-Ost), direction Derne/Schwerte (B236), 1st exit direction Dortmund-Eving, next traffic lights turn right (Kemminghauser Str.), after 2.7km turn left (Evinger Str./B 54), after 1.1km traffic lights turn left (Deutsche Straße), after 500m on the left is the Evinger Platz.

A40/B1/A44:
From the Bundesstraße 1 (extension A40 or A44) to the intersection B1/B236 direction Lünen, 3rd exit direction Dortmund-Eving.

A45:
Exit Dortmund Hafen, turn left until the intersection Münsterstraße (B54), direction Eving, after about three kilometers turn into Deutsche Straße.

You can download an enlarged general map here

Arrival by plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just about 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station by AirportExpress and from there to the university by subway (U-Bahn) 41. The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station. From there, you can get directly to Dortmund Central Station.

Arrival by public transport

From Dortmund Central Station, take the U 41 light rail (direction Brambauer / Brechten). The stop is "Zeche Minister Stein". The Minister Stein Center is located on the right in the direction of travel of the streetcar.

You can find an overview map here.

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Dr. Sonja Kirschall

Social Research Center Dortmund (sfs)

Evinger Platz 17, Room No. 60

Email: sonja.kirschalltu-dortmundde

Phone: +49 231 755 90216

Fax: +49 231 755 90205

Personenfoto Sonja Kirschall

Research Associate
Research area Labour policy and health

Focus of work
Mediatized processes of affiliation
Human-centered design
Phenomenology of the lived body
(Mediatized) tactility and discourse history of the senses
Neurodivergent perception

Short vita

since 2023: Research Associate, research area labour policy and health | Social Research Center Dortmund
2023: Completion of the doctorate (summa cum laude) in Media Studies | Department of Philology | Ruhr-University Bochum; PhD thesis Audiovision between hand and skin. Towards a hapto−tactile film theory (“Audiovision zwischen Hand und Haut. Zu einer hapto−taktilen Filmtheorie”): https://www.transcript-open.de/isbn/7128
2021−2022: Researcher | Research Institute for Work, Prevention, and Politics Dortmund
2019−2020: Research Associate, Chair for Transformations of Audiovisual Media with a Focus on Gender and Queer Theory | Institute for Media Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
2014−2019: Research Associate, Chair for Film and Television Studies with a Focus on the Construction of Gender | Institute for Media Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
2013: Master of Arts in Media Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
2012: Research Assistant, Mercator Research Group 2 Spaces of Anthropological Knowledge – Production and Transfer | Ruhr-University Bochum
2009−2014: Research Assistant, Chair for Film and Television Studies with a Focus on the Construction of Gender | Institute for Media Studies | Ruhr-University Bochum
2009: Bachelor of Arts in English and Media Studies| Ruhr-University Bochum

Projects

2023-2026: "DepriBuddy – Design-Thinking-basierte Modellierung medialisierter Nähe und App-Entwicklung für ein Selbsthilfenetzwerk“ within the announcement "Proximity over Distance - Enabling Interpersonal Connectedness with Interactive Technologies" (NäDi) of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

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Publications

You can also find a list of publications on the Dortmund University Bibliography page.

Here you can find older publications.