Ira K.D. Zöller

studied Sociology, German Literature and Journalism in Frankfurt am Main and Cork, Ireland. She is a Research Associate in the “Technology and Diversity” Research Group in the Institute of Sociology of the RWTH Aachen. Her research interests include feminist theory, posthuman(ist) theory and critical digitality studies. She is currently working on her PhD thesis, which focuses on the role of digital care technologies to tackle the mental health crisis and explores how these apps shape our understanding and experience of mental health.

Publications

Kluzik, V. & Zöller, I. (2023). Von Selbstüberwachung zu ‚creative acts of making‘. Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme aktueller Impulse in der Debatte um digitale Selbstvermessungspraktiken. In Hoppe, K., Rüppel, J., von Verschuer, F. & Voigt, T. H. (eds.), Leben Regieren. Natur, Technologie und Gesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/Main: Campus, S. 139–156.

Zöller, Ira K.D. (2021). Verbesserte Gefühle. Individualisierte Standardisierung im Mood-Tracking. Kuckuck – Notizen zur Alltagskultur, Sonderausgabe: Leben im Netz, 36–43 (mit Viktoria Boese).