Katja Aller
Thesis: “Story Matters—A Narrative Study of Things and Spaces in Simulator Games”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Stephan Packard

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

Carmen Johann
Thesis: „Game-based stealth learning for youth at risk.“; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Guardiola, Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke; with the Open University of the Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke

Laura Laab
Thesis: “Aushandlunssachen. Körpertechniken an der Schwelle digitaler Spiele”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Sonia Fizek, with Prof. Dr. Rembert Hüser, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

Christopher Lukman
Thesis: “Plaything Phenomenology. A Popular Aesthetics of Videogames”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Sonia Fizek, with Prof. Dr. Jan-Hendrik Bakels, Freie Universität Berlin

Daniel Majonica
Thesis: “Developing a framework for designing immersive learning environments in human-robot interaction”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke; with the Open University of the Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke, Dr. Nardie Fanchamps, Dr. Deniz Iren

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

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 (magna cum laude, 2023)

Khaleel Asyraaf Mat Sanusi
Thesis: “Augmenting a human learning model within the immersive psychomotor training environments”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke,; with the Open University of the Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Roland Klemke, Dr. Nardie Fanchamps, Dr. Deniz Iren

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

Wendy Zelling
Thesis: “Videospiele als Verhandlungsmedium von Adoleszenz”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with Goethe University Frankfurt, Prof. Dr. Ute Dettmar

Jonas Zimmer
Thesis: “Transzendenz durch Design: “Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven zur Gestaltung immersiver virtueller Räume”; Supervisor at CGL: Prof. Dr. Gundolf S. Freyermuth; with University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Brigitte Mathiak (magna cum laude, 2023)