Mandy Töppel

Mandy Töppel joined the IRS in April 2018 as a research associate in the department “Dynamics of Communication, Knowledge and Spatial Development”, where she works in the BMBF funded project „Perceptions of (In-)Security at Urban Places: Best Practices for Urban Design and Digital Planning“. She studied sociology with the focus on Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the „Technische Universität Berlin“. In her diploma thesis she investigated the perception and coping of barriers for electric wheelchair users in Berlin using geotagging as a method. During her work at the „Zentrum für Technik und Gesellschaft“ her research interests included qualitative research methods, the usability,  acceptance and development of technology, especially in the research of the resilience of critical infrastructures and organizations with security responsibilities.