Methods of Social Research

Research Associate at projekt Interaction of People, Technology and Space in Digital Kitchens

Cornelia Thierbach

Research Interests

  • Sociology of Space
  • Mixed Methods
  • Healthcare Research

Technische Universität Berlin
School VI: Planning Building Environment
Department of Sociology

Fraunhoferstraße 33-36 (FH 9-1)
10587 Berlin
Germany

Room: FH 811

cornelia.thierbach@tu-berlin.de

Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 314 - 28495

Office Hours by Appointment

Education

2003 – 2011Diplom in Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Curriculum Vitae

since 2019Research Associate at the Department of Sociology (Methods of Social Research), Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2017 – 2019Research Associate at the Institute of General Practice, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
2017Research Associate at the Cluster of Excellence „Image Knowledge Gestaltung", Priority Area: Architectures of Knowledge, Germany
2011 – 2016Research Associate at the Department of Sociology (Methods of Social Research), Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
2006 – 2011Tutor / Student Assistant at the Department of Sociology (Methods of Social Research), Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Research Projects

since 2022Barriers and Potentials for Job Integration of Disabled Employees (ERMTYP), funded by the Federal German Pension Insurance (DRV Bund)
since 2019Augmented Reality-Aided Ubiquitous Interaction with Ring-Based Gesture Recognition (UbiAct), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2017 – 2019Regional Health Care Service Provision by Gynecologists and General Practitioners for Women 49 Years of Age and Older (Women 5.0), funded by the Innovation Fund of the Federal Joint Committee
2018Coordination of Medical Professions Aiming at Sustainable Support (COMPASS), subproject of the joint research project NAVICARE, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2017ArchitecturesExperiments, subproject of the Cluster of Excellence “Image Knowledge Gestaltung”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2013 – 2016Sociological Inquiry and Evaluation of UniCat (SIEU), part of area Z of the Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (UniCat)”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2013Innovative Organization of Science, subproject C of the joint research project “genderDynamics” (Case Studies on the Entanglement of Academic Disciplines and Research Organization in Physics), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2009 – 2014Indoor Navigation, joint research project with the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science at the Technische Universität Berlin

International Experience

2000 – 2001High school year at Franzis-Joseph-Reitz High School in Evansville, Indiana, USA

Publications (Selection)

Thierbach, Cornelia (2021): Zum Einsatz von Leitfadeninterviews in der Raumforschung. In: Heinrich, Anna Juliane / Marguin, Séverine / Million, Angela / Stollmann, Jörg (Eds.) (2021): Handbuch qualitative und visuelle Methoden der Raumforschung. Bielefeld: transcript. 183-194.

Thierbach, Cornelia / Hergesell, Jannis / Baur, Nina (2020): Mixed Methods Research. In: Atkinson, Paul / Delamont, Sara / Cernat, Alexandru / Sakshaug, Joseph W. / Williams, Richard A. (Eds.) (2020): SAGE Research Methods Foundations. DOI: 10.4135/9781526421036932545

Stumm, Judith / Thierbach, Cornelia / Peter, Lisa / Schnitzer, Susanne / Dini, Lorena / Heintze, Christoph / Döpfmer, Susanne (2019): Coordination of Care for Multimorbid Patients from the Perspective of General Practitioners - A Qualitative Study. BMC Family Practice 20(1). DOI:10.1186/s12875-019-1048-y

Thierbach, Cornelia / Petschick, Grit (2019): Beobachtung. In: Baur, Nina / Blasius, Jörg (Eds.) (2019): Handbuch der empirischen Sozialforschung. 2. completely revised and extended edition. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 1165-1181.

Thierbach, Cornelia (2016): Doing Space. Die Rolle von Raum im Alltag von Wissenschaftlern eines Exzellenzclusters. In: Baur, Nina / Besio, Cristina / Norkus, Maria / Petschick, Grit (Eds.) (2016): Wissen – Organisation – Forschungspraxis. Der Makro-Meso-Mikro-Link in der Wissenschaft. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa. 372-401.

Thierbach, Cornelia / Petschik, Grit (2014): Beobachtung. In: Baur, Nina / Blasius, Jörg (Eds.) (2014): Handbuch der empirischen Sozialforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 855-866. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-18939-0_66.

Thierbach, Cornelia / Raschke, Anna Laura / Hering, Linda / Baur, Nina (Eds.) 2014: Spatial Analysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Towards Integrating Qualitative, Quantitative and Cartographic Approaches. HSR – Historical Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung 39 (2), Special Issue. ISSN: 0172 – 6404.

Baur, Nina / Hering, Linda / Raschke, Anna Laura / Thierbach, Cornelia (2014): Theory and Methods in Spatial Analysis. Towards Integrating Qualitative, Quantitative and Cartographic Approaches in the Social Sciences and Humanities. Historical Social Research 39 (2): 7-50. DOI: 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.2.7-50.

Thierbach, Cornelia / Lorenz, Alexandra (2014): Exploring the Orientation in Space. Mixing Focused Ethnography and Surveys in Social Experiment. Historical Social Research 39 (2): 137-166. DOI: 10.12759/hsr.39.2014.2.137-166.

Lorenz, Alexandra / Thierbach, Cornelia / Baur, Nina / Kolbe, Thomas H. (2013). Map Design Aspects, Route Complexity, or Social Background? Factors Influencing User Satisfaction with Indoor Navigation Maps. In: CaGis 40 (3). 201-209.

Lorenz, Alexandra / Thierbach, Cornelia / Baur, Nina / Kolbe, Thomas H. (2013). App-Free Zone: Paper Maps as Alternative to Electronic Indoor Navigation Aids and Their Empirical Evaluation with Large User Bases. In: Progress in Location-based Services. 319-338.

Lorenz, Alexandra / Thierbach, Cornelia (2012): Bewusst wo? Gewusst wie! Entwicklung innovativer kartographischer Methoden zur effektiven Navigation in Innenräumen. In: Weisbrich, Sven  / Kaden, Robert (Eds.) (2012): Entwicklerforum Geodäsie und Geoinformationstechnik 2011 – Junge Wissenschaftler forschen. Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 89-100.

Thierbach, Cornelia (2011): Raumorientierung und Interaktion in Gebäuden. Diplomarbeit. Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Soziologie.

Lorenz, Alexandra / Thierbach, Cornelia / Kolbe, Thomas H. / Baur, Nina (2010): Untersuchung der Effizienz und Akzeptanz von 2D- und 3D-Kartenvarianten für die Innenraumnavigation. In: Kohlhofer, Gerald / Franzen, Michael (Eds.) (2010): Vorträge Dreiländertagung OVG, DGPF und SGPF - 30. Wissenschaftlich-Technische Jahrestagung der DGPF, Bd. 19. Wien: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation (DGPF). 342‐355.
 

Talks (Selection)

Mixed Methods in Spatial Research. Presentation in Session “Mixed Methods” at the 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods (SMUS Conference) 23.-26.9.2021, Gaborone (Botswana, online)

Using a Facebook Group for Data Collection as an Alternative to Conventional Ethnographic Methods during the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic. Presentation in Session “Digital Methods in Action” at the 1st International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Spatial Methods (SMUS Conference), 23.-26.9.2021, Gaborone (Botswana, online)

Exploring the Limits of the Digitization of Housework. The Case of the Automated Kitchen. Presentation in Session „Limits to Digitization of Work? Automation and Substitution Potentials of Digital Systems“ at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology, 23.-28.2.2021, Porto Alegre (Brazil, online)

Integrating Technology Development and Risk Assessment. Introducing the Research Project “UbiAct”. Presentation in Session „Sociology of Technology Meets Technology Assessment: Disentangling Innovations and Risks“ at the IV ISA Forum of Sociology, 23.-28.2.2021, Porto Alegre (Brazil, online)

Die Nichtinanspruchnahme der gynäkologischen Versorgung von Frauen 50+ und die Rolle von Hausärztinnen und Hausärzten – Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Telefonbefragung 2018. Presentation in Session “ Entwicklung von Konsultationskompetenz“ at the 53rd Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin of DEGAM, 12.-14.9.2019, Erlangen (Germany)

Projektbegleitende Reflexion eines Projekts mit partizipativem Ansatz als interne Prozessevaluation. Presentation in Session “Partizipative Forschungsmethoden“ at the 17th Deutscher Kongress für Versorgungsforschung (DKVF), 10.-12.10.2018, Berlin (Germany)

Partizipation in Forschungsprojekten – Eine kritische Reflexion des laufenden Projekts „Frauen 5.0“. Presentation in Session “Forschungsmethodik“ at the 52nd Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin of DEGAM, ÖGAM und SÜGAM, 13.-15.9.2018, Innsbruck (Austria)

Regional Healthcare Service Provision By Gynecologists and General Practitioners for Women 49 Years of Age and Older in Germany. Presentation in Open Roundtable Session of RC 15 (Sociology of Health), Table “Gender and Health” at the XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology, 15.-21.7.2018, Toronto (Canada)

Mixing Surveys and Ethnography in Social Experiments. The Case of Orientation in Space. Presentation in Session „Mixing Survey and Qualitative Data 1” at the 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), 13.-17.7.2015, Reykjavik (Iceland)

Methoden-Mix in sozialwissenschaftlichen Experimenten. Das Beispiel der Orientierung und Interaktion mit Karten in Räumen. Presentation at the Frühjahrstagung der DGS-Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung mit dem Themenschwerpunkt „Experimentelle Techniken in den Sozialwissenschaften, 4.-5.4.2014, Eichstätt (Germany)

Simultaneity of Seeing and Doing in Wayfinding from an Ego-Perspective. Eye-tracking and Video Analysis as Tools of Visual Sociology. Presentation in Session “Using Visual Material for Knowledge Creation: The Process of Analysis and Interpretation” at the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology, 13.-19.7.2014, Yokohama (Japan)

Raum und Fachkultur in der Chemie. Eine Annäherung. Presentation at the Workshop “Fachkulturen“, 22.-23.9.2014, Berlin (Germany)

Map Design Aspects, Route Complexity, or Social Background? Factors Influencing User Satisfaction with Indoor Navigation Maps. Presentation in Session “Usability 1” at the 26th International Cartographic Conference, 25.8. - 30.8.2013, Dresden (Germany)

App-Free Zone: Paper Maps as Alternative to Electronic Indoor Navigation Aids and Their Empirical Evaluation with Large User Bases. Presentation in Session “Interactions, User Studies and Evaluations” at the 9th Symposium on Location Based Services 2012, 16.10 - 18.10.2012, Munich (Germany)

Mixing Survey and Focused Ethnography within a Social Experiment: the Case of Construction of Space. Presentation in Session “Comparative Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Data” at the 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, 9.7 – 13.7.2012, Sydney (Australia)

A Research Design for Interdisciplinary Research. The Case of Collaboration between Sociology and Geodesy. Presentation in Session “Exploring Collaboration and Partnerships in Social Research” at the 8th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, 9.07 – 13.7.2012, Sydney (Australia)