Skills

Statistics

Advanced

Data Management

Advanced

R

Advanced

Python

Beginner

Git

Beginner

SQL

Beginner

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

(2019). Integrating Survey Data and Digital Trace Data: Key Issues in Developing an Emerging Field. Social Science Computer Review.

PDF

(2019). The Relationship Between Networking, LinkedIn Use, and Retrieving Informational Benefits. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking.

PDF Dataset

(2018). A practical guide for transparency in psychological science. Collabra: Psychology.

Preprint PDF

(2018). Blame the Players, Don’t Blame the Games: Why We Should Worry Less About Sexist Video Game Content and Focus More on Interactions Between Players. Video Game Influences on Aggression, Cognition, and Attention.

(2018). Evolutionary Psychology and Digital Games: Digital Hunter-Gatherers.

Teaching

Past workshops:

Upcoming workshops:

  • Developing your personal workflow for transparent & reproducible research (together with Frederik Aust), SIPS 2019, Rotterdam, July 9, 2019.

  • Automatic sampling and analysis of YouTube data (together with Julian Kohne and M. Rohangis Mohseni), GESIS Cologne, February 10-11, 2020.

Contact

  • GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8, 50667 Cologne, Germany