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Dr. Robert Dörre serves as a Research Associate at the Chair of Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics of Digital Media within the Institute for Media Studies at Ruhr University Bochum since 2021, working under Prof. Dr. Anna Tuschling. He is also an associated member of the Collaborative Research Centre 1567 Virtual Living Environments since 2022 and a member of the Independent Experts Panel of the European Media and Immersion Lab since 2023. His academic journey includes a postdoctoral position at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (2020-2022) in the BMBF project 'Jihadism on the Internet' and doctoral studies at Ruhr University Bochum completed in 2020.
Dörre's research focuses on digital and moving image culture, social media practices, virtual reality, and the theory of reception aesthetics. His work examines self-documentation practices in social media, media as intervening agents, and media culture criticism. His research often intersects with studies of extremist media content, authenticity in digital spaces, and fan cultures. Notably, his dissertation 'Medial Conceptions of the Self. Audiovisual Self-Documentation as a Phenomenon and Practice of Social Media' was awarded summa cum laude and received the prestigious Büchner Young Researcher Prize for Media and Cultural Studies in 2020/21.
Dörre's scholarly output reveals consistent engagement with digital media theory, particularly examining self-documentation practices, authenticity paradigms, and the visual representation of violence. His recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a trajectory connecting social media culture, virtual environments, and the political dimensions of digital imagery. His work spans theoretical analysis of social media phenomena, examinations of extremist media strategies, and explorations of immersive technologies.
- Büchner Young Researcher Prize for Media and Cultural Studies (2020/21)
Dörre regularly teaches courses at Ruhr University Bochum covering topics including media concepts of the self, social media platforms, virtual reality documentary film, authenticity paradigms, and fan cultures. His teaching spans multiple semesters through 2025, including upcoming courses on advertising media and the media-historical relationship between fact and fiction. His academic trajectory shows consistent progression from doctoral research to independent scholarly work with growing influence in media studies.
