Dr. Saskia Kuliga

Seit 04/2020 Principal Investigator am Deutschen Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V., DZNE Witten; sowie Universität Witten/Herdecke, Fakultät für Gesundheit, Department für Pflegewissenschaft, in den Forschungsprojekten „RAUM!Erleben“, „Plan:D“ und „INCLUDE“

2019–2020 DAAD-Postdoc-Stipendium (selbst eingeworbene Stelle, gefördert vom Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst e. V. (DAAD)) sowie Postdoc am Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory in Singapur im Forschungsprojekt: „Pedestrian Comfort in High Pedestrian  Activity Areas“

2017–2018 Bauhaus Postdoc Stipendium 2018 (selbst eingeworbene Stelle gefördert von der Bauhaus Universität Weimar), im eigenen Forschungsprojekt: „Converging perspectives-Using virtual reality to evaluate user-centred architecture“

2015–2018 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Postdoc), Bauhaus Universität Weimar, am Lehrstuhl Informatik in der Architektur, im DFG D-A-CH Forschungsprojekt „ESUM: Analysing trade-offs between the energy and social performance of urban morphologies“ (Kollaboration mit ETH Zürich)

2012-2015 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Doktorandin), Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, am Center for Cognitive Science, im ehemaligen Sonderforschungsbereich Spatial Cognition SFB/TR8

2011 Junior Researcher, Universität Twente in Enschede, Niederlande, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety

2010–2011 Research Assistant im Wissenschaftsladen der Universität Twente

Weitere akademische Auslandsaufenthalte

2018 Forschungsaufenthalt für eine Studie bei Prof. Dr. Schmitt (ETH Zürich), im Projekt „Cooling Singapore“, am Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory, Singapur

2014 Lab Visit, Prof. Dr. Shelton, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, U.S.A.

2013 International Spatial Cognition Summer Institute, University of California, U.S.A.

2013 Forschungsaufenthalt für eine Studie an der University of Melbourne, Australien (über Prof. Dr. Christoph Hölscher‘s Drittmittelantrag beim DAAD)

2012 Forschungsaufenthalt für eine Studie in der Seattle Central Library, U.S.A.

2008 Forschungsaufenthalt für eine Studie innerhalb des University Minor “Sustainable Development” der Universität Twente, in der Non-profit Organisation „Born in Africa“ in Südafrika

11/2016 Promotion zum Dr. phil. in Psychologie, Titel der Dissertation: Evaluating User Experience and Wayfinding Behaviour in Complex, Architectural Environments – Towards a User-centred Approach of Building Usability, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Center for Cognitive Science, Sonderforschungsbereich Spatial Cognition DFG/SFB/TR8(R6) Bremen/Freiburg

12/2010 Master of Science in Psychologie, Titel der Masterarbeit: Effects of an Image of Eyes on Implicit Activation of Norms of Compliance and on Hand Hygiene Behaviour, Universität Twente, Niederlande

10/2009 Bachelor of Science in Psychologie, Titel der Bacheloraarbeit: Voice or tune? Effects of Vocal and Instrumental Music on Dental Anxiety, Universität Twente, Niederlande

• RAUM!Erleben (gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ), Alleinantragstellerin, Principal Investigator)
• INCLUDE (gefördert von der Stiftung Deutsche Demenzhilfe im Innovative Minds Programm, Alleinantragstellerin, Principal Investigator)
• PLAN:D  (Standortbudget DZNE Witten, Principal Investigator)

Extern-begutachtete Veröffentlichungen (Peer-Review) sind mit einem Asterisk (*) gekennzeichnet.

2023

*Ong, E., Frost, D., Kuliga, S., Layton, N., & Liddle, J. (2023). Creating a consumer-driven global community of practice to support action within environmental design with people living with dementia: assistive technology challenges and opportunities. Brain Impairment, 1-10.

2022

*Mavros, P., Kuliga, S., Manley, E., Rohaidi, H. F., Joos, M., & Hölscher, C. (2022). Collaborative Wayfinding Under Distributed Spatial Knowledge. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, 1-10, 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2022.25

*Silvennoinen, H., Kuliga, S., Herthogs, P., Recchia, D. R., & Tunçer, B. (2022). Effects of Gehl’s urban design guidelines on walkability: A virtual reality experiment in Singaporean public housing estates. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49(9), 2409-2428.

Kuliga, S., (2022) Action 06: Take the Perspective of Older People. In: Design Liveable Density, Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03, ETH Zürich / Singapore-ETH Centre, Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas (eds.), Vol 3, Pp. 14-15 und 222-224, Lars Mueller Publishers.

Kuliga, S., Mavros, P., & Hölscher, C. (2022). Action 36: Bridge researchers and practitioners. In: Design Liveable Density, Future Cities Laboratory Indicia 03, ETH Zürich / Singapore-ETH Centre, Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas (eds.), Vol 3, Pp. 92-93 und 263-264, Lars Mueller Publishers.

2021

*Mavros, P., Conroy Dalton, R., Kuliga, S., Gath Morad, M., Robson, S., & Hölscher, C. (2021). Architectural cognition cards: a card-based method for introducing spatial cognition research and user-centred thinking into the design process. Architectural Science Review, 65(2), 1-18.

Demenzfreundliche Städte? Räumliche Orientierung als ein zentraler Baustein (2021). pflegen: Demenz – Zeitschrift für die professionelle Pflege von Personen mit Demenz, Vol. 4, 62, 14-17, Friedrich Verlag Hannover

*Rohra, H., Mann, J., Rommerskirch-Manietta, M., Roes, M., & Kuliga, S. (2021). Wayfinding and Urban Design From the Perspective of People Living With Dementia–A Call for Participatory Research. Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health, 7(4).

*Kuliga, S., Berwig, M., & Roes, M. (2021). Wayfinding in people with Alzheimer’s disease: Perspective taking and architectural cognition—A vision paper on future dementia care research opportunities. Sustainability, 13(39; 1084: 1-24.

2020

*Kuliga, S., Mavros, P., Brösamle, M., & Hölscher, C. (2020). Comparing human wayfinding behavior between a real, existing building, a virtual replica, and two architectural redesigns. In: Spatial Cognition XII: 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Riga, Latvia, pp. 160-179; Springer International Publishing.

*Kuliga, S., Charlton, J., Rohaidi, H. F., Isaac, L. Q. Q., Hoelscher, C., & Joos, M. (2020). Developing a replication of a wayfinding study: from a large-scale real building to a virtual reality simulation. In: Spatial Cognition XII: 12th International Conference, Spatial Cognition 2020, Riga, Latvia, pp. 126-142. Springer International Publishing.

*Natapov, A., Kuliga, S., Dalton, R. C., & Hölscher, C. (2020). Linking building-circulation typology and wayfinding: design, spatial analysis, and anticipated wayfinding difficulty of circulation types. Architectural Science Review, 63(1), 34-46.

2019

*Kuliga, S. F., Nelligan, B., Dalton, R. C., Marchette, S., Shelton, A. L., Carlson, L., & Hölscher, C. (2019). Exploring individual differences and building complexity in wayfinding: The case of the Seattle central library. Environment and Behavior, 51(5), 622-665.

Schneider, S. Kuliga, O. Kammler, R. Weiser, E. Fuchkina (2019). Wissen schafft Entwerfen. Methoden zur evidenzbasierten nutzerzentrierten Planung komplexer Gebäude. In: Idee Inhalt Form – Beiträge zur Gestaltung der Gegenwart, pp. 119-126, Happy Little Accidents & Druckhaus Koethen.

Gibt es eine Wissenschaft der Gestaltung – 100 Jahre später (2019). In Buch: Idee Inhalt Form – Beiträge zur Gestaltung der Gegenwart, pp. 221-226, Happy Little Accidents & Druckhaus Koethen.

*Radaczewska, P., Schneider, S., & Kuliga, S. (2019). Exploring Urban Experiences: Two Case Studies. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Space Syntax Symposium in Beijing, China, Behavior & Cognition: 1-11.

*Bielik, M., Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Griego, D., Ojha, V., König, R., … & Donath, D. (2019). Examining trade-offs between social, psychological, and energy potential of urban form. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 8(2), 52.

2018

*Fischer, P. T., Kuliga, S., Eisenberg, M., & Amin, I. (2018). Space is part of the product: Using attrakdiff to identify spatial impact on user experience with media facades. In: Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, pp. 1-8.

*Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Weiser, R., Kammler, O., & Fuchkina, E. (2018). VREVAL-A BIM-based framework for user-centered evaluation of complex buildings in virtual environments. In: Computing for a better tomorrow-Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference, Vol. 2, Pp. 833-842.

*Ojha, V. K., Griego, D., Kuliga, S., Bielik, M., Buš, P., Schaeben, C., … & Schmitt, G. (2019). Machine learning approaches to understand the influence of urban environments on human’s physiological response. Information Sciences, 474, 154-169.

Kuliga, S., Weiser, R., Falke, S. & Schneider, S. (2018). Nutzerzentrierte Gebäudeevaluation mittels Virtueller Realität. EI – Der Eisenbahningenieur: Internationale Fachzeitschrift für Schienenverkehr & Technik, 4/18, pp. 56-60.

2017

*Kuliga, S., Standfest, M., Bielik, M., Schneider, S., König, R., Donath, D., & Schmitt, G. (2017). From Real to Virtual and Back: A multi-method approach for investigating the impact of urban morphology on human spatial experiences. In The Virtual and the Real in Planning and Urban Design, pp. 151-169. Routledge.

Griego, D., Kuliga, S., Bielik, M., Standfest, M., Ojha, VS, & Schneider, S., König, R., et al. (2017). ESUM Urban Sensing: Component, Assembly and Operational Guide. The Sensor backpack & 360° Videos, ETH Zürich.

*Triemer, M., Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Koenig, R., & Donath, D. (2017, September). A web-based prototype survey method exemplarily applied on activity allocations in apartment floor plans and their spatial properties. In: Proceedings of the 11th Space Syntax Symposium, Superior Técnico at the University of Lisbon.

2016

Kuliga, S. (2016). Emotional responses to locations in the Seattle Central Library, In: Take one Building: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library”, Eds: Dalton, R.C., & Hölscher, C. Ashgate/Routledge.

Dalton, R.C., & Kuliga, S. (2016). Using social media to gather users’ feedback of the Seattle Central Library. In: Take one Building: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives of the Seattle Central Library”, Eds: Dalton, R.C., & Hölscher, C. Ashgate/Routledge.

Kuliga, S. (2016). Evaluating user experience and wayfinding behaviour in complex, architectural environments–towards a user-centred approach of building usability, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Dissertation).

2015

*Kuliga, S. F., Thrash, T., Dalton, R. C., & Hölscher, C. (2015). Virtual reality as an empirical research tool—Exploring user experience in a real building and a corresponding virtual model. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 54, 363-375.

*Natapov, A., Kuliga, S., Dalton, R. C., & Hölscher, C. (2015, July). Building circulation typology and space syntax predictive measures. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Space Syntax Symposium (Vol. 12, pp. 13-17). London: Space Syntax Laboratory, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.

*Frölich, J., Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Bielik, M., & Donath, D. (2015). Raumsynth: An experimental setup for investigating the relationships between urban form and spatial experience based on Fechner’s Method of Production. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Space Syntax Symposium, 122, pp. 1-122.

*Bielik, M., Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Valášek, M., & Donath, D. (2015, July). Investigating the effect of urban form on the environmental appraisal of streetscapes. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Space Syntax Symposium, London, UK, pp. 13-17.

2014

*Kuliga, S. F., Dalton, R., Tomko, M., & Hölscher, C. (2014). Tools, stages and perspective-taking during the architectural design process: preliminary results from a university-building case-study in Australia. Proceedings of Spatial Cognition 2014 Workshop: Design cognition and behavior: Usability in the built environment, pp. 18-22, Bremen, Deutschland.

*Hölscher, C., Dalton, R., Kuliga, S., & Tomko, M. (2014). Towards Computer-Assisted Wayfinding Design Support: Interview-based needs analysis across stakeholders. In: 6th International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition, pp. 31-32.

*Kuliga, S., Beinhofer, M., Langenfeld, V., Fleckenstein, F., Dufner, S., Von Stülpnagel, R., … & Hölscher, C. (2014). Spatial Ambiguity in Indoor Environments–A Comparison Between the Human and the Robot Perspective of Spatial Ambiguity Identification. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Spatial Cognition Conference 2014, 64-67. International Conference on Spatial Cognition 2014.

*Kuliga S., Stülpnagel R., & Hölscher C. (2014). Navigator-driven placement of landmarks: effects on wayfinding performance in a virtual Tate Gallery, CogSci/Berlin/Cognitive Science Society.

*Von Stülpnagel, R., Kuliga, S., Büchner, S. J., & Hölscher, C. (2014). Supra-individual consistencies in navigator-driven landmark placement for spatial learning. In: Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, 1706-​1711, Quebec City, Kanada.

2013

*Dalton, R. C., Kuliga, S. F., & Hölscher, C. (2013). POE 2.0: exploring the potential of social media for capturing unsolicited post-occupancy evaluations. Intelligent Buildings International, 5(3), 162-180.

*Kuliga, S. F., Dalton, R., & Hölscher, C. (2013). Aesthetic and Emotional Appraisal of the Seattle Public Library and its relation to spatial configuration. In: Proceedings of the 9th international space syntax symposium, Seoul, Südkorea.

*Schneider, S., Kuliga, S., Hölscher, C., Conroy-Dalton, R., Kunert, A., Kulik, A., & Donath, D. (2013). Educating architecture students to design buildings from the inside out. In: Proceedings of the 9th international space syntax symposium, Seoul, Südkorea.

2011

*Kuliga, S., Tanja-Dijkstra, K., Verhoeven, F. (2011) Wa(tc)sh out! The effects of cues of being watched on implicit activation of norms and hand disinfection behavior. In: Proceedings of the 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Eindhoven, Niederlande.

Wissenschaft und Forschung

• Shortlist Innovations in Healthcare Thesis Award 2011
• Shortlist Schuijer Campus Culture Award 2011

 

Stipendien

• Postdoc Stipendium 2020, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst e. V. (DAAD)
• Bauhaus Postdoc Stipendium 2018, Bauhaus Universität Weimar

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
  Fachgruppe Umweltpsychologie
• Environmental Design-Special Interest Group (ED-SiG) of Dementia Alliance International
• INTERDEM Academy Member
• Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center member (SILC) 

Im Sommersemester 2023 lehre ich in folgendem Modul (B.Sc. Psychologie):

• Biologische Psychologie / Neurowissenschaften