Speaker Series

Each semester, the department invites 3-4 researchers to share their current work at our Speaker Series.The presentations are primarily targeted at researchers in the department and students from our programs, but other interested individuals are also welcomed to attend.

Fall Semester 2021

04.10.2021 Crystal Abidin, Curtin University
TikTok, Youth Cultures, and the East Asian Influencer Industry
Flyer (PDF, 1 MB)
01.11.2021 Veronica Barassi, University of St. Gallen
AI, Human Visions and the Conflict over Algorithmic Profiling
Flyer (PDF, 374 KB)
22.11.2021

Ágnes Horvát, Northwestern University
Gender inequities in the online dissemination of scholars’ work
Flyer (PDF, 169 KB)
06.12.2021 Philipp Schmid, University of Erfurt
Debunking health misinformation in public
Flyer (PDF, 567 KB)

Spring Semester 2022

07.03.2022 Burcu Baykurt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Civic Tech Goes to Market
Flyer (PDF, 360 KB)
04.04.2022 Hartmut Wessler, University of Mannheim
Is constructive engagement in mediated debates a lost cause?
Flyer (PDF, 422 KB)
16.05.2022 Olivia Maynard, University of Bristol

Past Speakers

17.05.2021 Adrian Rauchfleisch, National Taiwan University (PDF, 288 KB)
12.04.2021 Lena Frischlich, University of Münster (PDF, 216 KB)
29.03.2021 Damian Trilling, University of Amsterdam (PDF, 186 KB)
16.11.2020 Andrew M. Guess, Princeton University (PDF, 264 KB)
19.10.2020 Saar Mollen, University of Amsterdam (PDF, 167 KB)
09.03.2020 Keren Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PDF, 189 KB)
09.12.2019 Emese Domahidi, Technische Universität Ilmenau (PDF, 184 KB)
06.05.2019 Patti Valkenburg, University of Amsterdam (PDF, 113 KB)
15.04.2019 Wouter van Atteveldt, VU University Amsterdam (PDF, 112 KB)
25.03.2019 Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, Hans-Bredow-Institut Hamburg (PDF, 162 KB)
11.03.2019 Károly Takács, Corvinus University, Budapest (PDF, 176 KB)
12.11.2018 Silke Adam, University of Bern (PDF, 36 KB)
29.10.2018 Brooke Foucault Welles, Northeastern University (PDF, 107 KB)
01.10.2018 Oliver Lipps, FORS (PDF, 112 KB)
17.09.2018 Lee Humphreys, Cornell University (PDF, 141 KB)
30.04.2018 Lilach Nir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PDF, 149 KB)
09.04.2018 Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan (PDF, 122 KB)
26.02.2018 Susan J. Douglas, University of Michigan (PDF, 144 KB)
04.12.2017 James Webster, Northwestern University (PDF, 268 KB)
06.11.2017 Stephen Reese, University of Texas at Austin (PDF, 277 KB)
30.10.2017 Sophie Mützel, University of Lucerne (PDF, 308 KB)
02.10.2017 Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, SINTEF Digital (PDF, 300 KB)
13.03.2017 Gerhard Vowe, Universität Düsseldorf (PDF, 273 KB)
27.02.2017 Hans-Jörg Stiehler, Universität Leipzig (PDF, 235 KB)