Michel Hohendanner

Michel Hohendanner is a Researcher and PhD Student at the Chair of Cyber Trust within the Department of Computer Science at Technical University of Munich (TUM). His work intersects speculative design, digital ethics, and human-computer interaction, focusing on the social impact of emerging technologies, including generative AI and immersive environments like the Metaverse. He has held research positions at institutions such as the Munich Center for Digital Sciences and AI and received a Dij scholarship for Tokyo research.

• Education: Pursuing PhD at TUM
• Research Focus: Social-tech impact, deliberative citizen dialogues, cross-cultural technology studies
• Projects:
  • Speculative Design Research for Democracy Enhancement
  • Design Futuring Metaverse project at Keio University
  • Deliberative Speculative Design with Kyoto Design Lab
• Teaching: Lecture assistance for Information Management for Digital Business Models since SS 2025
• Scientific Awards:
  • Best Paper Award at IEEE EDUCON 2024
  • Dij Research Scholarship 2024

Michel’s recent publications span participatory AI governance, cross-cultural Metaverse studies, and privacy literacy frameworks, with a strong emphasis on ethical design practices and global stakeholder perspectives. His work has appeared in ACM CHI, IEEE Pervasive Computing, and GoodIT conferences, among others.