Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger

About

Christoph Neuberger is doing research at the Weizenbaum Institute on news mediation on platforms and in journalism. He is a professor of media and communication studies with a focus on "digitalization and participation" at Freie Universität Berlin. Previously, he taught as a professor at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (2011-2019) and at the University of Münster (2002-2011). He was a visiting professor at the University of Leipzig (2001-2002) and a guest professor at the University of Zürich (2018). Studies (journalism), doctorate and habilitation (communication science) at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He has led a large number of empirical research projects and has been a reviewer on media regulation issues.

Awards
 

• Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling Prize for Outstanding Scientific Achievement of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (2016)
• Best Journal Article of the German Association for Media and Communication Studies (2014)
• Theory Prize of the German Association for Media and Communication Studies (2013/14)
• Prize of the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt for Interdisciplinary Research (2001)

Memberships

• Full member. Acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
• Full member. Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften)
• Spokesperson Working Group Technology and Society. Acatech (German Academy of Science and Engineering)
• Scientific advisory board. Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung)
• Advisory board European New School of Digital Studies (ENS). European University Viadrina
• Scientific advisory board. Mainz Media Institute
• Excellence Council. Freie Universität Berlin
• Member subworking group on law and ethics. Platform for Learning Systems
• Jury Fritz Thyssen Foundation Prize for Social Science Essays. Fritz Thyssen Foundation
• Selection committee State Research Prize. Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg)
• Jury Grimme Research College. Grimme-Institut and the University of Cologne