Workshop Organizers

Robert B. Markum is a PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information. His previous work in this area examines the effects of digital technology use on meditative and contemplative practices and transcendent experiences. More broadly, his work centers on understanding digital existence and human-computer interaction from existential, phenomenological, and ethical perspectives.

Sara Wolf is a PhD Candidate at the University of Würzburg, Institute Human-Computer Media. Her work lies at the intersection of faith, religion, and technology, and she currently works on understanding and designing for technology-mediated (religious) rituals. Sara Wolf is a founding member of the Participation Section in the German Informatics Society and as such intertwines the topics of participation and design for the religious context.

Simon Luthe is a practical theologian and religious educator working on questions of pop culture and at the intersection of faith and technology. He is currently doing his PhD in a research project on blessing spaces in VR/AR at the University of Würzburg. Simon is also a vicar in the parish of Heide, Schlewig Holstein and involved in an international research project on churches online in times of corona (CONTOC).