Julia Deborah Fischer is a doctoral researcher in the project “Media and mobility in the digital city” (PI Helena Atteneder) at the chair of “Digitalisation and Social Responsibility” held by Prof. Dr. Martina Thiele.

In her research, Julia Deborah Fischer focuses on media constructions of space, with a particular emphasis on platform research and visual communication, using qualitative methods. She focuses on how specific spaces are constructed through media representations and logics – such as cartographic representations in news media – and reflects on these processes from a neopragmatistic perspective.

She currently focuses on journalistic cartography exploring how news maps construct spatial relations. In this context, she examines visualisation practices and investigates their potential for critical reflection.

Julia Deborah Fischer is currently pursuing a cumulative PhD in Geography, focusing on media-geographical research questions. Her work examines the interrelations between social processes, technologies, and spatial configurations, and how these mutually shape one another—for instance, through mobility and communication practices in European 'smart cities'.

Julia Deborah Fischer studied Sociology and Philosophy (B.A.) at the University of Tübingen, followed by a Master’s degree in Human Geography – Global Studies.

From 2021 to 2024, she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Geography (Urban and Regional Development) at the University of Tübingen—both during and after her Master’s studies. Prior to that, during her Bachelor's programme, she was employed at the Institute of Human Factors and Technology Management (IAT) at the University of Stuttgart.

Since January 2025, Julia Deborah Fischer has been working as research associate in the project ‘Media and Mobility in the Digital City’. The interdisciplinary project explores the fusions of media and urban mobility infrastructure as well as spatial-medial restructurings under the label ‘smart city’.