Prof. Dr. Christoph Neuberger

Managing Director, Principal Investigator

Christoph Neuberger is a full professor of media and communication science with a focus on "digitalisation and participation" at Freie Universität Berlin. Since February 2020 he has been Managing Director of the Weizenbaum Institute.

Before that, he taught as a professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (2011-2019) and Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (2002-2011). He also held a professorship at the University of Leipzig (2001-2002). Studies, doctorate and habilitation at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

He is a regular member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). His research focuses on the digital transformation of media, the public sphere and journalism.

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E-Mail: christoph.neuberger[at]fu-berlin.de
Organisation: Freie Universität Berlin (FU)

Positions

Managing Director Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.

Principal Investigator Research Group "News, Campaigns and the Rationality of Public Discourse“
Committees and functions
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW)
- German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)
- Excellence Council of Freie Universität Berlin
- Advisory Board of the Research Network NRW "Digital Society"
- Social Science Advisory Board for the Corona Pandemic in the State of Berlin
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Mainz Media Institute
- Selection Committee of the State Research Award, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Jury of the Grimme Research College
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Agency for Civic Education (bpb)

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