Last week we had a doctoral marathon: within three days, four of our PhD candidates successfully defended their dissertations. And all four with top marks!

Thomas Mildner started on Friday, June 21 with his dissertation "Mitigating Dark Patterns Through Responsible Design Ethical Design Considerations for User-Centred Technology". On Monday, June 24, it was on to Nadine Wagener's thesis "Making Space for Self-Care: Designing VR Applications to Empower Everyday Well-Being". And on Tuesday, Nima Zargham defended his thesis "Expanding Speech Interaction for Domestic Activities" as well as Evropi Stefanidi her dissertation "Designing for Diverse Needs: Technology-supported Well-being and Empowerment of Children and their Care Ecosystem".

What a great result! Congratulations to you all. And we are very proud of you!