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, committees and functions

• Beirat. Agora Digitale Transformation (seit Oktober 2025) https://agoradigital.de/rat/
• Beirat. AHA - Science Communication Hub (seit Januar 2024) aha.bayern
• Jury Fritz Thyssen Foundation Prize for Social Science Essays. Fritz Thyssen Foundation (seit Januar 2023) fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de
• Beirat European New School of Digital Studies (ENS). European University Viadrina (seit Januar 2023)
• Sprecherin Working Group Technology and Society. Acatech German Academy of Science and Engineering (seit Januar 2022) acatech.de
• Mitglied Subworking group on law and ethics. Platform for Learning Systems (seit Januar 2022) plattform-lernende-systeme.de
• Wissenschaftlicher Beirat. Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) (seit Januar 2021) bpb.de
• Auswahlausschuss Landesforschungspreis (State Research Prize). Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg (Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg) (seit Januar 2020)
• Excellence Council. Freie Universität Berlin (seit Januar 2020) fu-berlin.de
• Wissenschaftlicher Beirat. Mainz Media Institute (seit Januar 2020) https://www.mainzer-medieninstitut.de/beirat/
• Ordentliches Mitglied. Acatech German Academy of Science and Engineering (seit Januar 2018) acatech.de
• Ordentliches Mitglied. Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) (seit Januar 2017) badw.de