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Prof. Dr. Valérie Varney

Dr. phil.
Faculty of Process Engineering, Energy and Mechanical Systems

Institute of Applied Materials

Prof. Dr. Valérie Varney

Technische Hochschule Köln
Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 221-8275-4144

Positions

  • Head of Cologne Innovation and Transfer Lab and Cologne TrainING Center
  • Co-Head od Cologne Cobots Lab
  • Founding Member and member of the steering committee of the Circular Transformation Lab Cologne
  • Vice President International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)
  • GOLC President (Global Online Lab Consortium)
  • Co-coordinator of the Engineers without borders challenge Germany
  • Reflection Master, "Bachelor Product Engineering and Context"

Teaching disciplines

  • Reflection Master, Bachelor "Product Engineering and Context"
  • Innovation Management: Innovation and Society
  • Leadership in Engineering
  • X-Realities
  • Leadership and Communication
  • Exploring Research Processes

Research fields

  • Digital Learning and Working Environments
  • Organizational Development
  • Innovation Management: Innovation and Society
  • Decoding Transfer Structuring, supporting and analysing research-based transfer of ideas, knowledge and technology
  • Engineering Education Research
  • Energy Transition and Society
  • Human Robot Collaboration
  • Human Machine Interaction
  • Mixed Reality
  • Sociotechnical Systems
  • ReLaCs: Remote Lab Challenge for Students
    Funded by The Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education, Duration: 2026-2028
  • KIARA - AI-based AR instructions
    AI-based instructions Funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Duration: 2025-2026
    Website KIARA
  • DIY Energy Transition
    Shaping sustainability through participation – energy transition on the balcony. German Federal Environmental Foundation, duration: 2025–2027
  • BLIP3D: Vocational training – interactive, practice-oriented, three-dimensional
    Vocational training – interactive, practice-oriented, three-dimensional Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, 2025-2026
  • ReACD - Reacting to cybersecurity incidents and data loss
    Serious game to support response to cybersecurity incidents and data loss supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), duration: 2025-2026
  • easyARguide - Augmented reality for small and medium-sized enterprises
    Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, duration: 2023-2025
    Website easyARguide
  • Co-creation in the region - Systemic and innovative development of transfer (Co-Site)
    BMBF-project, duration: 2023-2027
  • PLan_CV: Rethinking academic careers at universities of applied sciences
    Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and the Joint Science Conference, duration 2021-2027
  • MPower - Empowerment to participate in the energy transition
    Funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), duration: 2024-2025
  • MEnergy - My Energy Transition
    Acceptance of technologies for the implementation of the energy transition through innovative means of communication BMWK project, duration: 2021-2024
  • MILKI-PSY - Multimodal immersive learning with artificial intelligence for psychomotor skills
    BMBF project, duration: 2021-2024
  • REDiEE - Roll-out, Empowerment, Design in Engineering Education
    In the project "Roll-out, Empowerment, Design in Engineering Education" (REDiEE), a new transfer model is being developed. Hybrid teaching and learning settings are to be expanded at the TH Köln, linking future skills and technical expertise. Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education, duration: 2021-2024
    Website REDiEE
  • Digital Engineering
    Competence acquisition for mechanical engineers in the digital age. Further development of the consecutive BA programme in Mechanical Engineering and the MA programme in Mechanical Engineering/Smart Systems - Sociotechnical Systems at the Faculty of Plant, Energy and Machine Systems at the TH Köln, Stifterverband, duration: 2020-2023
    Website Digital Engineering
  • ImmPro - Immersive Production Space
    BMBF project, duration: 2016-2019, RWTH Aachen University
  • d:v:lop - Digital and Virtual Learning Cultures in Organisations of the Production Sector
    Subproject "Design of Innovative Learning Processes to Promote Media Competence in Producing Companies" BMBF project, duration: 2017-2020, RWTH Aachen University
  • CHEFIN - Equal opportunity development of women's careers in STEM fields
    BMBF project, duration: 2017-2021, RWTH Aachen University
  • Digitalisation in the dental industry - industry and trend study
    Industry project, duration: 2017-2021, RWTH Aachen University
  • ELLI - Excellent Teaching and Learning in Engineering Sciences
    BMBF project, duration: 2011-2021, RWTH Aachen University
  • Aachener Mentoring Modell
    BMBF project, duration: 2011-2020, RWTH Aachen University
  • ExAcT – Center of Excellence in Academic Teaching
    Needs-based and ongoing qualification of all stakeholders involved in teaching at RWTH Aachen University to continuously improve teaching performance. BMBF project, duration 2011-2020, RWTH Aachen University
  • Schade, Marcel; Terkowsky, Claudius; Boettcher, Konrad; Kaufhold, Nils; Ortelt, Tobias R.; May, Dominik; Behr, Alexander S.; Varney, Valérie; Wilkesmann, Uwe (2025): A Jug Goes So Often to the Well Until it Breaks: Refurbishing the Thirteen Fundamental Objectives of Instructional Laboratories by Integrating the SOLO Taxonomy. In: Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility : Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2024), Volume 2. 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2024); Tallinn, Estonia; 24 - 27 September 2024., S. 555 - 561. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85649-5https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-85649-5_54
  • Jakobowsky, Carla; Müller, Larissa; Richert, Anja; Varney, Valérie (2025): Perceived Empowerment and Empowering Behaviors with Augmented and Virtual Reality in Transdisciplinary Research. In: Proceedings of 2025 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) Selected Academic papers for the iLRN Proceedings. 11th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2025); Chicago, USA; 15.06.-19.06.2025., S. 78 - 88. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.56198/U6C0Xhttps://doi.org/10.56198/xjvhes46
  • Griech, Bianca; Jakobowsky, Carla; Varney, Valérie (2025): Engineering Responsibility and Future Skills Development in the Engineers without Borders Challenge. In: EDULEARN25 Proceedings : Conference Proceedings. 17th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies; Palma, Spain; 30.06.-02.07.2025., S. 6814 - 6823. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2025https://doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2025.1673
  • Grommes, Eva-Maria; Bremer, Leonie; Varney, Valérie; Blieske, Ulf (2025): Integrating Sufficiency and Energy Efficiency in Rental Housing. In: Energy Storage and Conversion. Vol. 3. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.59400/esc2104
  • Schneider, Marc Gabriel; Achenbach, Jannik; Gehrlein, Janek; Feldhof, Anne Maren; Grommes, Eva-Maria; Varney, Valérie (2025): Advanced Machine-Learning-Based Analysis of Critics and the Silent Majority Regarding the Energy Transition and Photovoltaics on TikTok. In: Proceedings of the 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition in Bilbao, Spain (EU PVSEC 2025). 42nd European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; Bilbao, Spain; 22.09.-26.09.2025., S. 020522-001 - 020522-007.https://doi.org/10.4229/EUPVSEC2025/5DV.2.61
  • Griech, Bianca; Frohn, Carla; Varney, Valérie (2025): The Human-Machine-Museum Challenge: Prototyping AI Experiences Through Challenge-Based Learning. In: ICERI 2025 Proceedings : 18th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. 18th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2025); Seville, Spain; 10.11.-12.11.2025., S. 9360 - 9369. (peer-reviewed)https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2025https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2025.2653
  • Bickert-Appleby, Svenja; Jakobowsky, Carla Sophia; Kousseva, Theresa; Müller, Irene Elisabeth; Richert, Anja; Varney, Valérie (2025): Better Together: Responding to Crisis through Transdisciplinary Approaches and New Tools. In: Fehér, Bori; Csernák, Janka (Hrsg.): Designing Transformative Change : The Potential of Collaboration and Creativity in Crises. Proceedings of the Social Design Network's Conference »On the Verge: Design in Times of Crisis«. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, S. 181 - 200. (peer-reviewed/Open Access) https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839476031https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839476031-013
  • Szczyrba, Birgit; Varney, Valérie; Heuchemer, Sylvia (2025): „Transformative Scholarship“ – Lehre, Forschung und Transfer als Elemente einer integrierten Wissenschaftspraxis.. In: Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.25162/NHHL-2025-0012
  • Griech, Bianca; Verevkina, Vera; Varney, Valérie (2025): Student Perspectives on Challenge-Based Learning: A Qualitative Evaluation Through Structured Reflections. In: SEFI 53rd Annual Conference. SEFI 53rd Annual Conference (SEFI 2025); Tampere, Finland; 15.09.-18.09.2025., S. 374 - 384. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631919
  • Terschüren, Jan-Niklas; Varney, Valérie; Müller, Larissa (2024): How Can Pneumatics be Trained with Augmented Reality in the Context of Training for Industrial-Technical Professions?. In: 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies & Education (STE2024); Helsinki, Finland; 06-08 March 2024., S. 344 - 355.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61891-8https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61891-8_34
  • "Co-Creator Spaces, VR Labs & co: Physical and virtual Laboratories in inter- and transdisciplinary research"
    June 20, 2023
  • "Co-Creative XR. User centric development of immersive learning experiences in Higher Education"
    April 26, 2023
  • "Cross-Reality (XR) in Higher Education"
    May 10, 2022
  • “Is this the real life? Is this just Fantasy? Mixed Reality in Higher Education”
    July 14, 2021
  • Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education
    Lecture at the nexus conference "Digitaler Wandel in Studium und Lehre". TU Kaiserslautern
    13.09.2019
  • "Mixed Reality - temporary trend or sustainable tool for teaching?"
    Lecture at Campus Innovation 2018
    22.11.2018
  • "Education 4.0 - How does the digitalisation of teaching affect learners?"
    Lecture at the DGBB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für berufliche Bildung mbH (German Association for Vocational Education and Training)
    16.11.2017
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)
  • Founding member of the Circular Transformation Lab Cologne
  • Founding member of the "Community Working Group Remote Labs"
  • IELA Bronze Award for the Blended Learning Experience "FutureING"
    IELA Bronze Award for the Blended Learning Experience "FutureING"
    Past winners IELA-Award

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