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Universität der Künste Berlin
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SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Susanne Hauser is Professor for History of Art and Cultural Studies at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Her research concentrates on urban studies, landscape architecture, the history and theory of architecture as well as media and semiotics. Hauser studied history, linguistics, art history, philosophy and literature at the Universität Bonn, Universität Freiburg, Frei Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin. She holds a PhD in history and communication from Technische Universität Berlin and a Habilitation in cultural studies from Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. She has previously held positions at institutions such as Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Kassel, Technische Universität Graz and Universität Innsbruck. Her research projects have been funded through the DFG (German Research Council), German Ministry for Education, Gottfried Daimler and Carl Benz Foundation and the City of Berlin. She is currently an editor and board member for Grazer Architektur Magazin, Art Architecture Design Research and Candide: The Journal for Architectural Knowledge. She is also a member of the German Academy for Urban Design and Regional Planning and the German Society for Semiotics.
Selected Publications:
1. Hauser, S. “Design/Entwurf: Observations“, In Architectural Research Quarterly, 21, no. 01, The Agency of Digital Tools, 45-51. New York: Cambridge University Press 2017.
2. Hauser, S. “Skins in Architecture. On Sensitive Shells and Interfaces.” In Metaphors in Architecture and Urbanism. An Introduction, edited by A. Gerber and B. Patterson, 105-121. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2013.
3. Hauser, S. “Verfahren des Überschreitens. Entwerfen als Kulturtechnik.” In Wissenschaft Entwerfen – vom forschenden Entwerfen zur Entwurfsforschung der Architektur, edited by S. Ammon and E. M. Froschauer, 363-381. München: Fink 2013.
4. Hauser, S. and J. Weber, eds. Architektur in transdisziplinärer Perspektive. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2015.
5. Hauser, S., Kamleithner, C. and R. Meyer, eds. Architekturwissen. Grundlagentexte aus den Kulturwissenschaften, vol. 1, Zur Ästhetik des sozialen Raumes, vol. 2, Zur Logistik des sozialen Raumes. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2011/2013.
6. Gethmann, D. and S. Hauser, eds. Kulturtechnik Entwerfen. Bielefeld: Transcript, 2009.
7. Hauser, S. and C. Kamleithner. Ästhetik der Agglomeration. Wuppertal: Müller + Busmann, 2006.
8. Hauser, S. Spielsituationen. Über das Entwerfen von Städten und Häusern. Köln: König, 2003.
9. Genske, D. and S. Hauser, eds. Die Brache als Chance. Berlin: Springer, 2003.
10. Hauser, S. Metamorphosen des Abfalls. Konzepte für aufgegebene Industrieareale. Frankfurt/New York: Campus, 2001.
