Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Thesis: “Time and Space in Video Games”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Beil (summa cum laude, 2018)

Rüdiger Brandis
Thesis: “Historische Simulakren im digitalen Raum”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Goettingen, Prof. Dr. Stefan Haas

Jürgen Hiesinger
Thesis: „Realität 4.0. Von Games, Gamern und Realitätsverständnissen – Analyse der Lebenssphären von virtuellen Realitäten.“; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Mannheim, Prof. Dr. Justus Fetscher

Young-Ju Kim
Thesis: “Self-Reflexivity in Video Games”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM, Paris), Prof. Dr. Stephane Natkin

Chae Won Lee
Thesis: “How do film, photography and painting co-evolve and intersect with one another through digital technology?”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Øyvind Eide and Prof. Dr. Herta Wolf

Curtis L. Maughan
Thesis: “Return of the Flaneur? Walter Benjamin’s Conception of Flanerie and its Implications for the Digital Age”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with Vanderbilt University (Nashville), Prof. Dr. Lutz Koepnitz

Prof. Sylke Rene Mayer
Thesis: “The World Is but a Game – Spatial Story Design for Interactive Narrative”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Beil

Björn Redecker
Thesis: „Press Play – Das Grenzgängermedium Computerspiel und seine Klangwelten“; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with University of Bielefeld, Prof. Dr. Uwe Sander

Johannes F. Sievert
Thesis: “Leuchtfeuer – eine Archäologie des anderen deutschen Films”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Beil

Katharina Tillmanns
Thesis: “Blending Realities—Techno-Aesthetic Interventions in the Age of Immersive Interactive Media”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Beil