Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger
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).
Positions at Weizenbaum Institut
Member of the Board & Scientific Managing Director, Director, Principal Investigator
Research Focus: Digital markets and publics on platforms
Research Group: Digital News Dynamic
Committees and functions
- Ordinary member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
- Ordinary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW)
- Spokesperson of the working group Technology and Society of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BpB)
- Advisory Board of the European New School of Digital Studies (ENS) at the European University Viadrina (Frankfurt/Oder)
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Mainz Media Institute
- Excellence Council of the Free University of Berlin
- Member of the Platform for Learning Systems/ subworking group on law and ethics
- Jury for the Fritz Thyssen Foundation Prize for Social Science Essays
- Selection committee for the Baden-Württemberg State Research Prize of the Ministry of Science
- Research and the Arts, jury for the Grimme Research College of the Grimme Institute and the University of Cologne
Fields of research
Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere, Media and Journalism, Knowledge Transfer and Science Communication
Publications
Miscellaneous
- Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID): https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-610X
- Researchgate
- Academia.edu
- Google Scholar
Christoph Neuberger in the media
Interview with Christoph Neuberger: “How Digital Technologies are Shaping Our Society and What We Can Do About It” (2023)
Publications
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