Daniela Döring

Daniela Döring is a Professor of Cultural History at Merseburg University of Applied Sciences since 2023. Previously, she served as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Academic Coordinator at the Research College "Knowledge | Exhibiting" and worked at institutions including the Stadtmuseum Berlin, Braunschweig Center for Gender Studies, and the University of Potsdam's Institute for Arts and Media.

• Education: PhD in Cultural Studies from Humboldt University of Berlin (dissertation: "Zeugende Zahlen: Mediocrity and Average Types in Proportion, Statistics, and Ready-to-Wear")

Her research focuses on:

• Theory and practice of exhibiting
• Museum transformations
• Body and gender history
• Cultural techniques of measurement

Recent publications (2021–2022) explore:

• Science exhibition design
• Epistemic uncertainty in museums
• Decolonizing ethnographic displays
• Reflexive institutional strategies
• Gendered approaches to technology and measurement

She has contributed to projects like the BMBF-funded Gender; Technology; Museum and curated exhibitions including "uni-form? Body, Fashion, and Work Made to Measure" (2016) and Forum Wissen's "Perspectives" (2022). Her work bridges curatorial practice, academic research, and public engagement through lectures and workshops.