Skills

Statistics

Advanced

Data Management

Advanced

R

Advanced

Python

Intermediate

Git

Basic

SQL

Basic

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
April 2017 – Present
Cologne

Senior researcher

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Department Data Archive, Team Data Linking & Data Security
 
 
 
 
 
April 2015 – March 2017
Tübingen

Postdoc

Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (Knowledge Media Research Center)

Research project “Redefining Tie Strength - How social media (can) help us to get non-redundant useful information and emotional support“ (ReDefTie)
 
 
 
 
 
October 2014 – March 2017
Cologne

Postdoc

University of Cologne

Teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in psychology and media studies
 
 
 
 
 
October 2012 – December 2014
Münster

Researcher

University of Münster

Research project “The social fabric of virtual life: A longitudinal multi-method study on the social foundations of online gaming“ (SOFOGA)
 
 
 
 
 
October 2010 – September 2012
Stuttgart

Researcher

University of Hohenheim

Research project “The social fabric of virtual life: A longitudinal multi-method study on the social foundations of online gaming“ (SOFOGA) + teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in communication
 
 
 
 
 
July 2007 – March 2010
Cologne

Researcher

University of Cologne

Research project “Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks“ (PASION) + teaching graduate and undergraduate classes in psychology and media studies

Recent Publications

More Publications

(2020). Integrating Survey Data and Digital Trace Data: Key Issues in Developing an Emerging Field. Social Science Computer Review.

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(2020). The practical and ethical challenges in acquiring and sharing digital trace data: negotiating public-private partnerships. New Media & Society.

(2020). New Formats, New Methods: Computational Approaches as a Way Forward for Media Entertainment Research. Media and Communication.

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(2020). An Agenda for Open Science in Communication. Journal of Communication.

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(2020). How social network sites and other online intermediaries increase exposure to news. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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