Location & approach

By Car

The campus of Dortmund University is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By public transport

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

By 'H-Bahn'

The H-Bahn, an elevated railway, is one of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Centre via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just over 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station with the AirportExpress and from there to the university with the S-Bahn. Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometres away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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Location & approach

By Car

The campus of Dortmund University is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By public transport

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 15 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

By 'H-Bahn'

The H-Bahn, an elevated railway, is one of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Centre via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, it takes just over 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station with the AirportExpress and from there to the university with the S-Bahn. Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometres away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.

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New publication: Old data in new media?

02/18/2025

Activity trackers and smartwatches are collecting more and more digital body data. Danny Lämmerhirt and Cornelius Schubert examine how this data can lead to tensions in the relationship between doctors and patients. The article comes from the sub-project "Digital Body Knowledge. Lines of Conflict of Problematic Popularity in Healthcare" in the CRC 1472 "Transformations of the Popular".

Abstract

Digital health data and devices have become increasingly popular in contemporary consumer cultures. This resonates with research on the expansion of health data ecosystems and the rise of consumerism in medicine. The proliferation of popular health devices, such as activity trackers and smartwatches, however, does not simply reinforce existing dynamics of medicalization or economization. The expansion of digital health data opens up a contested space in local settings, such as doctor-patient interactions, where data and devices are evaluated and negotiated, depending on and varying by condition, medical discipline, and type of patient. We focus on these negotiations by analyzing how popular apps and devices create instances of problematic popularity when popular devices and personal data conflict with professional authority. Our analysis draws on 35 qualitative interviews with patients and doctors from various disciplines. It highlights the diversity of professional and personal data practices as well as the commonalities that emerge as digital health data and devices become more popular.

Lämmerhirt, Danny; Cornelius, Schubert (2025): Old data in new media? Problematic popularity of digital health data and consumer devices. In: Information, Communication & Society, online first. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2025.2464098.

Link to the project: Digital body knowledge