Location & approach

By car

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

By bus and train

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 offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

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

By airplane

From Dortmund Airport, you can take the AirportExpress to Dortmund Central Station in just over 20 minutes and from there take the S-Bahn to the university. Düsseldorf Airport, around 60 kilometers away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by the S-Bahn from the university station.

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Location & approach

By car

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

By bus and train

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 offers an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

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

By airplane

From Dortmund Airport, you can take the AirportExpress to Dortmund Central Station in just over 20 minutes and from there take the S-Bahn to the university. Düsseldorf Airport, around 60 kilometers away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by the S-Bahn from the university station.

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Junior professor

JProf. Dr. Lena Hünefeld

Consultation hours: by appointment

Further information

Short vita

Qualification

Doctorate at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, 2016
Master's degree in Sociology, Psychology and German Philology at RWTH Aachen University, graduated in 2009

Professional activities

Since 2021: Junior professor for "Inclusion and Work: Mental Health" at TU Dortmund University
Since 2017: Deputy Head of Group 1.2 "Working Environment Reporting" at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
2014-2017: Research assistant at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in Dortmund in the group "Scientific Management FB 1"
2011-2014: Research assistant at the Institute of Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, specializing in the sociology of work
2009-2012: Research assistant at the Institute of Sociology at RWTH Aachen University with a focus on gender and life course research

Main research areas

Main areas of work

Mental health in the world of work
Vulnerable groups of employees
Changing working conditions/stress levels
Social and health inequality

Current research projects

Quality of participation in working life - Recording, describing and shaping the work situation of people with disabilities (project duration: January 2022 - June 2025)(https://www.baua.de/DE/Aufgaben/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/f2540.html)
Project pilot study "Promoting accessibility in the data collection of working conditions" (project duration: March 2023 - April 2025) (https://www.baua.de/DE/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/f2558.html)

Scientific publications

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