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Board of Directors

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Scientific Director

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Michael Paul

Executive Director

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Prof. Dr. Tim A. Majchrzak

Scientific Director

Cristina Maurillo

Cristina Maurillo

Assistant to the Board of Directors

Jennifer Jordan

Jennifer Jordan

Assistant to the Board of Directors

Scientific Management

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Prof. Dr. Tim A. Majchrzak

Scientific Director

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Scientific Director

Josephine B. Schmitt

Dr. Josephine B. Schmitt

Scientific Coordinator

Max Brenker

Maximilian Brenker

Officer for Strategy and Organization

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Dr. Nina Hahne

Officer for (Inter)national Networking and Career Development / Deputy Editor of the Internet Policy Review

Jakob Fresca

Jakob Fesca

Research Assistant

Marit Spies

Research Assistant

Dummy

Emilia Schuttkästing

Research Assistant

Educational Technologies and Artificial Intelligence

Nikol Rummel

Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel

Research Professor

Sabine Schermeier

Sabine Schermeier

PhD Student/Research Associate

Alisa Maksimova

Dr. Alisa Maksimova

Postdoctoral Researcher

Sebastian Strauß

Dr. Sebastian Strauß

Associated Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum

Anna Radtke

Anna Radtke

PhD Student/Research Associate

Dr. Astrid Wichmann Porträt

Dr. Astrid Wichmann

Science Manager

Constanze Rimbach

PhD Student/Research Associate

Katharina Teich Foto

Katharina Teich

PhD Student/Research Associate

Arlind Avdullahu

Arlind Avdullahu

Associated Researcher, Ruhr University Bochum

Annika Reuter Bild

Annika Reuter

Student Assistant

Ann-Christin Falhs

Ann-Christin Falhs

PhD Student/Research Associate

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Hannah Zabel

Research Assistant

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Julia Bilke

Student Assistant

Digital democratic innovations

Christoph Bieber

Prof. Dr. Christoph Bieber

Research Professor

Jana Baum

Jana Baum

PhD Student/Research Associate

Mennatullah Hendawy

Dr. Mennatullah Hendawy

Postdoctoral Researcher

Pauline Heger

Pauline Heger

PhD Student/Research Associate

Dummy

Aryan Shooshtari

PhD Student/Research Associate

Anouk Cenan

Anouk Cenan

Research Assistant

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Leonie Klammer

Research Assistant

Design of trustworthy artificial intelligence

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Heuer

Research professor

Artur Solomonik, M.Sc.

PhD Student/Research Associate

Aditya Kumar Purohit

Dr. Aditya Kumar Purohit

Postdoctoral Researcher

Besjon Cifliku

Besjon Cifliku

PhD Student/Research Associate

Jasmin Baake

Jasmin Baake

PhD Student/Research Associate

Dummy

Nicolas Ruiz

Research Assistant

Transformation of Digital Democratic Discourses

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Prof. Dr. Christiane Eilders

Scientific Director

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Prof. Dr. Tim A. Majchrzak

Scientific Director

Henri Mütschele

Henri Mütschele

PhD Student/Research Associate

Sarah-Michelle Nienhaus

Sarah-Michelle Nienhaus

PhD Student/Research Associate

Caren Klausnitzer

Caren Klausnitzer

Student Assistant

Amani Abidi

Student Assistant

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Max Wehrle

Student Assistant

Research Data and Methods

Prof. Dr. Johannes Breuer

Head of Research Data & Methods

Marco Wähner

Dr. Marco Wähner

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dummy

Xinyue Zhao

PhD Student/Research Associate

Birte Kuhle

PhD Student/Research Associate

Melanie Helmig

Melanie Helmig

Student Assistant

Hanna Vogel

Hanna Vogel

Research Assistant

Guest and Third-Party-Researchers

Tetiana Gorokhova

Dr. Tetiana Gorokhova

Guest Researcher, Pryazovskyi State Technical University (Mariupol, Ukraine)

Mitra Shamsi

Dr. Mitra Shamsi

Guest Researcher

Associates

Michael Baurmann

Prof. Dr. Michael Baurmann

Founding Director, 2016 - 2023

Tim Pfenner

Tim Pfenner

Executive Director, 2017 - 2024

Hannah Ruschemeier

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Hannah Ruschemeier

Junior Professor, FernUniversität Hagen

Katrin Weller

Prof. Dr. Katrin Weller

Head of Data Services for the Social Sciences GESIS

Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda

Prof. Dr. Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda

Professor, University Klagenfurt

Science Communication

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Dr. Matthias Begenat

Head of Scientific Communication

Annika Gödde

Online Editor

Paula Weitz

Paula Weitz

Officer for Scientific Communication and Press Work

Jessica Mervelskemper

Event Management Administrator

Bjona Thaci

Bjona Thaci

Student Assistant

Leslie Trenkner

Leslie Trenkner

Research Assistant

Dummy

Dominique Völlmecke

Event Management Assistant

Esther Laukötter

Dr. Esther Laukötter

Officer for Scientific Communication and Press Work (currently on Parental Leave)

CAIS College

Esther-Laufer

Dr. Esther Laufer

Head of the CAIS Kolleg

Andrea-Porsfeld

Andrea Porsfeld

Administrator

Efthalia Amprazi

Efthalia Amprazi

Assistant

Céline Pijahn

Céline Pijahn

Student Assistant

Management

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Michael Paul

Executive Director

Kajeep Ramachandramoorthy

Kajeep Ramachandramoorthy

Head of IT

Maren Kapfer

Maren Kapfer

Head of Human Resources

Andreas Hoffmann

Andreas Hoffmann

Head of Finance

Pero Dosenovic

Pero Došenović

Officer of the Executive Director (currently on Parental Leave)

Cristina Maurillo

Cristina Maurillo

Assistant to the Board of Directors

Claudia Grandinger

Claudia Grandinger

Accounting Administrator

Mandy Pleep 2

Mandy Pleep

Human Resources Administrator

Lothar Mellinghaus

Lothar Mellinghaus

Facility Manager

Grazia Carmeci

Grazia Carmeci

Cleaning specialist

Jennifer Jordan

Jennifer Jordan

Assistant to the Board of Directors

Nadya Demirtas

Nadya Demirtas

IT data protection

Yaryna Buria

Assistant Project HEI-TRAIN

Rouven Kolbaum

Rouven Kolbaum

Apprentice Office Management

Emily Siwon

Emily Siwon

Apprentice Office Management

Alexander Mayer

Apprentice IT specialist for system integration