Faculty of Humanities

Dept. 5: Philosophy - Rhetoric - Media

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Institute of Philosophy

Institute of Media Studies

Institute of Rhetoric

Institute of Philosophy

Research

Text and Idea of Aristotle's Science of Living Things (TIDA)

More information • Prof. Dr. Klaus Corcilius

Privacy, Ethics, and IT Security in Metaverse – PriMeta

More information • Prof. Dr. Jessica Heesen • International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)

Conversational Agents in Education: Ethical Reflection

More information • Prof. Dr. Jessica Heesen • International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)

AI Alliance BW, AI data platform for business and society

More information • Prof. Dr. Jessica Heesen • International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)

Teaching

Summer Term 2026

LecturerTitleSWSCategory
Juniorprof. Dr. Carolin Antos-KubyEpistemic challenges and problems caused by social media2Reflection on AI use
PD Dr. phil. Habil. Jessica HeesenEthics and artificial intelligence2Reflection on AI use

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Institute of Rhetoric

Research

Tübingen Center for Rhetorical Science Communication Research on Artificial Intelligence (RHET AI) (Volkswagenstiftung)

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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen: Prof. Dr. Olaf Kramer • Dr. Markus Gottschling • Prof. Dr. Susanne Marschall • PD Dr. Erwin Feyersinger • PD Dr. Nina Kalwa • Patrick Klügel

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien:  Prof. Dr. Ulrike Cress • Prof. Dr. Markus Huff

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie: Prof. Dr. Annette Leßmöllmann • Dr. Monika Hanauska

Arguing about sex and gender

Conflict and consensus as challenges in science communication (KoKoKom) (BMBF with IDS Mannheim)

More information • Prof. Dr. Olaf Kramer • PD Dr. Lily Tonger-Erk • Prof. Dr. Susanne Winkler • Prof. Dr. Annette Leßmöllmann • PD Dr. Nina Kalwa • Prof. Dr. Henning Lobin

Teaching

Winter Term 2026/27

LecturerTitleSWSCategory
Dr. Markus GottschlingDeclensions of the Future. Narrating and Debating the Future2AI/DH discussion
Dr. Markus Gottschling, Prof. Dr. Roger ThompsonDeveloping Rhetorical AI Literacy2AI tools
Dr. Nana Ariel (Tel Aviv University)Blockseminar: Machine Talk: What AI Reveals about Conversation (01./02.10.2026)2LLM
Prof. Dr. Zoltan Majdik (North Dakota State University)Blockseminar: Inside the Machine: How Language Models Work (28./29.10.2026)2LLM

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Institute of Media Studies

Research

AniVision: Animation in Ephemeral Films from Austria, East & West Germany between 1945 and 1989

A Combined Film Analysis and Computer Vision Approach (DFG/FWF)

Mehr Informationen • Dr. Erwin Feyersinger • FH-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Franziska Proksa • FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Matthias Zeppelzauer • Prof. Dr. Susanne Marschall • AniVision

The Answering Machine

The Magic of Voice: Affective Engagement with Artificial Voices

Mehr Informationen • Prof. Dr. Susanne Marschall • Maximilian Jun Zhang

Teaching

Winter Term 2026/27

LecturerTitleSWSCategory
Dr. Giuliana SorceData and Power: Current Research Perspectives on Datafied and Automated Public Spheres2AI theory, Discussion
 

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