Dr. Marén Schorch

Head of the BMBF Junior Research Group KONTIKAT
Mail: maren.schorch(at)uni-siegen.de
Room: US-G 001
Phone: +49 (0) 271/ 740 – 2424
Office hours: On appointment
Vitae
- Head of the BMBF junior research group „KontiKat“ (Civil and business continuity in extrem events by the help of socio-technical networking), University of Siegen, since 11/2017
- Postdoc in the BMBF junior research group „KontiKat“ (Civil and business continuity in extrem events by the help of socio-technical networking), University of Siegen, since 06/2017
- Researcher of the Collaborative Research Centre 1187 „Media of Cooperation“, project A05 „Cooperative creation of autonomy in the context of the ageing society”, University of Siegen,
since 08/2016 - Project leader and researcher, EU-Project “TOPIC – The Online Platform for Informal Caregiversâ€, University of Siegen, 2013-2016
- Research assistant of the management of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University, 2012-2013
- Research assistant and coordinator of the research group “Communicating Disaster”, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University (Organisers: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bergmann, Prof. Dr. Heike Egner, Prof. Dr. Volker Wulf), 12/2009 – 09/2012
- Lecturer in qualitative social research methods, Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University, 2008-2010
- Research assistant and lecturer in Sociology, University of Trier (chair of Prof. Dr. Alois Hahn), 2002-2008
- Erasmus delegate for Sociology, representative of the non-professorial teaching staff of Sociology at the faculty council, University of Trier, 2002-2008
- Research assistant and mentor of the research project “Adolescents. A Comparison of Urban and Rural Communities” (Organiser: PD Dr. Waldemar Vogelgesang), University of Trier, 1999-2000
- Student assistant, chair for Sociological Theory (Prof. Dr. Alois Hahn), University of Trier, 1998-2001
- Volunteer, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Cheltenham, Great Britain, 1994-1995
Research Interests
- Qualitative social research methods
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
- Qualitative disaster research
- Dealing with health and sickness
Projects
- BMBF junior research group „KontiKat“, University of Siegen: https://www.kontikat.de (since 06/2017)
- Collaborative Research Centre 1187 „Media of Cooperation“, project A05 „Cooperative creation of autonomy in the context of the ageing society”, University of Siegen: https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/projects/a05/ (since 08/2016)
- TOPIC – The Online Platform for Informal Caregivers (2013-2016)
- ZiF-research group “Communicating Disaster”, ZiF, Bielefeld University, 2009-2012
- “Arranged Marriages of Muslim Migrants in Germany”. Research group “Migration and Segregation Trier”, 2006-2010
- Organiser of the students research project “Transnationality: Chance or/and Crisis?”, University of Trier (qualitative study), 2007-2008
- Organiser of the interdisciplinary students research project “Social Capital and Career Entry of University Graduates”, University of Trier (qualitative and quantitative Study; with Karoline Krenn), 2004-2005
- Research assistant of the research project “Adolescents and Traditions”, University Trier (organisers: Waldemar Vogelgesang, Jörgen Schulze-Krüdener, qualitative study), 1998-1999
Teaching Experience
University of Siegen
- Continuity and (IT-)Security in the Context of Digitization Processes (Master)
- Individual and organisational concepts of continuity, (IT) security and emergency stockpiling (Master)
- Crisis Management and Crisis Information Systems (with Christian Reuter and Volkmar Pipek) (Master)
- Qualitative data analysis in CSCW and HCI
- Social and literary communication of disasters (with Matthias Schaffrick)
University of Bielefeld
- Opposites attract! Qualitative interviews about couples and oppositions
- Qualitative interview practises
- Qualitative methods counselling
- Identity revisited? – Qualitative analysis of (auto-)biographical data
- Basic concepts in sociology
- Qualitative interviews as biography generators
- Film analysis
- “You are always welcome here!” Qualitative methods to the exploration of hospitality
- Interviews as qualitative social research methods
- Qualitative methods in migration research
University of Trier
- Qualitative methods counselling and supervision
- Ritual and symbol. Staging of national identity
- Transnationality: chance or/and crisis?
- Sociological classics: Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault
- Sociological conceptions of the self and the other
- Theories of identity and interculturality
- Max Weber’s contributions to social and economic history
- Processes of social exclusion (with Alois Hahn)
- Secrets and secrecy (with Alois Hahn)
- Minorities
- Social capital and career entry of university graduates (with Karoline Krenn)
- Sociology of health (teaching staff mobility, University of Galway, Ireland)
- Concepts of (trans-)national belonging
- Nation and national identity
- Theodor W. Adorno’s sociology (with Alois Hahn)
- Sociological classics: Max Weber
- Sociological classics: Georg Simmel (with Alois Hahn)
- Norbert Elias: The civilizing process
- Attitudes towards death and their social conditionality (with Alois Hahn)
- Theories of identity
Publications
2024
Impacts vs Implications: Rushed Technology Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises due to Covid-19 Pandemic Proceedings Article
In: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET), 2024, ISSN: 2510-2591, (ISSN: 2510-2591).
2023
Mutually Designing Domestic IT Applications with Older Adults Book Section
In: Eisenmann, Clemens; Englert, Kathrin; Schubert, Cornelius; Voss, Ehler (Ed.): Varieties of Cooperation: Mutually Making the Conditions of Mutual Making, pp. 203–223, Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden, 2023, ISBN: 978-3-658-39037-2.
Navigating the Challenges of Remote Research in Times of Crisis and Beyond Proceedings Article
In: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET), 2023.
2022
Blending Practices to Facilitate Grounded Design Research: A Praxeological Research Perspective Journal Article
In: 2022, ISSN: 2510-2591, (Accepted: 2022-06-14T07:23:54Z).
Abschlussbericht der BMBF-Nachwuchsforschergruppe KontiKat Journal Article
In: 2022, (Accepted: 2022-11-11T09:38:29Z).
2021
Infrastructuring for organizational resilience: Experiences and perspectives for business continuity Journal Article
In: 2021, ISSN: 2510-2591.
Infrastructuring for organizational resilience: A Workshop Report Book Section
In: Pipek, Volkmar; Rohde, Markus (Ed.): Infrastructuring for Organizational Resilience: A workshop report, vol. 1, no. 18, pp. 4–14, IISI - International Institute for Socio-Informatics, Bonn, Germany, 2021, ISBN: 1861-4280.
Infrastructuring for organizational resilience: Experiences and perspectives for business continuity Journal Article
In: vol. 1, no. 18, pp. 4–14, 2021, ISSN: 2510-2591.
2020
Doing CSCW research in small and medium enterprises: experiences, options and challenges Journal Article
In: 2020, ISSN: 2510-2591, (Accepted: 2020-06-15T07:28:12Z Publisher: European Society for Socially Embedded Technologies (EUSSET)).
Disaster Learning Aid: A Chatbot Centric Approach for Improved Organizational Disaster Resilience Journal Article
In: Learning from Experience, pp. 10, 2020.
Doing CSCW research in small and medium enterprises: experiences, options and challenges Journal Article
In: 2020, ISSN: 2510-2591, (Accepted: 2020-06-15T07:28:12Z).
E-Portfolio: value tensions encountered in documenting design case studies Journal Article
In: Ethics and Information Technology, pp. 5, 2020.
2019
Digital Participation in Prison - A Public Discourse Analysis of the Use of ICT by Inmates Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, vol. 3, no. GROUP, pp. 233:1–233:26, 2019.
Facebook and the Mass Media in Tunisia Journal Article
In: Media in Action, no. 1, pp. 135–168, 2019, (Number: 1).
Potentiale von IKT beim Ausfall kritischer Infrastrukturen: Erwartungen, Informationsgewinnung und Mediennutzung der Zivilbevölkerung in Deutschland Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, AIS, Siegen, Germany, 2019.
2018
Using Cultural Probes in the Sensitive Research Setting of Informal Caregiving. A Case Study Journal Article
In: i-com, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 103–117, 2018.
2017
Technology Probes als Mittel zur Unterstützung der Technik-Aneignung Proceedings Article
In: Burghardt, Manuel; Wimmer, Raphael; Wolff, Christian; Womser-Hacker, Christa (Ed.): Mensch und Computer 2017 - Workshopband, pp. 87–93, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Regensburg, 2017.
E-Infrastructures for Research Collaboration: The Case of the Social Sciences and Humanities Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion (CSCW 2017 Companion), New York, USA, 2017.
In: Hoch, Gero; von Brandt, Hildegard Schröteler; Stein, Volker; Schwarz, Angela (Ed.): Sicherheit (DIAGONAL Jahrgang 38), pp. 207–224, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, Göttingen, 2017, ISBN: 978-3-8471-0739-2.
Cultural Probes: The best way to go for PD in sensitive research settings? A methodological reflexion Book Section
In: Mensch und Computer 2017, pp. 73–78, Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., 2017.
Aneignungshilfen für Senioren-Projektpartner – am Beispiel Google Drive Book Section
In: Burghardt, M.; Wimmer, R.; & Wolff, C.; Womser-Hacker, C. (Ed.): Mensch und Computer 2017, pp. 249 – 253, (Hrsg.) Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Regensburg, 2017.
Computerclubs und Flüchtlingslager - Ein Diskussionsbeitrag zur Forschungs- und Bildungsarbeit aus praxistheoretischer Perspektive Proceedings Article
In: Tagungsband Do it! Yourself? Fragen zu (Forschungs-)Praktiken des Selbermachens, Wien, 2017.
SFB-Workshop “Digital Platforms and Boundary Infrastructures” Book
Siegen, 2017.
2016
In: International Reports on Socio-Informatics (IRSI), vol. 13, no. 3, 2016.
Engaging with Users and Stakeholders: The Emotional and the Personal Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Supporting Group Work, pp. 453–456, ACM, 2016.
Designing for Those who are Overlooked - Insider Perspectives on Care Practices and Cooperative Work of Elderly Informal Caregivers Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing - CSCW '16, pp. 785–797, ACM Press, New York, New York, USA, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4503-3592-8.
In: International Reports on Socio-Informatics (IRSI), vol. 13, no. 3, 2016.
2015
Introduction: Can societies learn from calamities Journal Article
In: Learning and calamities: Practices, interpretations, patterns, ed. H. Egner, M. Schorch, and M. Voss, vol. 123, 2015.
Learning and Calamities - What Have We Learned? Book Section
In: Egner, Heike; Schorch, Marén; Voss, Martin (Ed.): Learning and Calamities: Practices, Interpretations, Patterns, pp. 291–302, Routledge, 2015.
2014
Routledge, 2014, ISBN: 978-0-203-79467-8.
Routledge, 2014, ISBN: 978-0-203-79467-8.
Collaboration and Coordination in the Context of Informal Care (CCCiC 2014) Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing, pp. 339–342, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2014, ISBN: 978-1-4503-2541-7.
Digitale Medien: Neue Wege politischer Partizipation? Journal Article
In: Demokratie morgen: Überlegungen aus Wissenschaft und Politik, vol. 14, pp. 71, 2014.
PraxLabs as a Setting for Participatory Technology Research and Design in the Field of HRI and Demography Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the Workshop "Socially Assistive Robots for the Aging Population: Are we trapped in Stereotypes?", Human Robot Interaction Conference, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, 2014.
2013
Arranged Marriages as Support for Intra-ethnic Matchmaking? A Case Study on Muslim Migrants in Germany Journal Article
In: International Migration, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 104–126, 2013.
Digitale Medien: neue Wege politischer Partizipation? : das Web 2.0 und die Social Media in der Tunesischen Revolution ; ein Bericht aus Sidi Bouzid Book
transcript Verlag, Bielefeld, 2013, ISBN: 978-3-8376-2387-1.
2012
" Communicating Disaster—A Case for Qualitative Approaches to Disaster Research": Report of a Research Group at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University Journal Article
In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, pp. 248–255, 2012.
Communicating Disaster – Six maxims for a new take on disaster research Journal Article
In: ZiF-Mitteilungen, no. 3, pp. 4–10, 2012.

