Curriculum Vitae of Jun.-Prof. Dr. German Neubaum
Head of the Research Group
Address: Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg
Room: LF 128
Phone: +49 203 379 3553
E-Mail: german.neubaum@uni-due.de
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Web of Science
Google Scholar
Research Gate
Areas of Interest
- Political Opinion Formation and Knowledge Acquisition in Digital Media
- Spirals of Silence, Opinion Expression, and Deliberation in Digital Public Spheres
- Moral Judgment and Social Influence Processes in Digital Communication Environments
- Digital Literacy
Academic Qualifications
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2012-2016 |
Ph.D., University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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2010-2012 |
M. Sc., Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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2007-2010 |
B. Sc., Applied Cognitive and Media Science, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
Professional Background
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Since 05/2021 |
Junior Professor (Tenure Track) of Psychological Processes of Education in Social Media |
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09/2023 - 04/2024 02/2021 - 08/2021 |
Parental Leaves |
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09/2018 - 10/2018 |
Visiting Scholar at the Department of Communication and Media (Prof. Dr. Brian Weeks), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
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01/2018 - 05/2023 |
Head of the Junior Research Group "Digital Citizenship in Network Technologies (DICINT)", University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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05/2016 - 12/2017 |
Postdoctoral researcher: Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Chair: Nicole Krämer), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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10/2012 - 05/2016 |
Researcher and doctoral student: Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Chair: Nicole Krämer), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
| 09/2014 - 11/2014 | Visiting scholar: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
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10/2010 - 09/2012 |
Student research assistant: Social Psychology: Media and Communication (Chair: Nicole Krämer), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany |
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2009 - 2010 |
Student trainee: Internal & Online Communications RWE AG (German electric utilities company) |
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2008 - 2009 |
Assistant for television production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting) |
| 2007 | Trainee: RUHR.2010 (Marketing and Communications) |
Research Projects
| Since 11/2026 |
The Moral Underpinnings of Disinformation Acceptance in Human-AI Interaction: The Case of Moral Alignment [MORAL-ALIGN] Principal Investigator (PI); funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within Priority Programme 2573 Re:DIS |
| Since 09/2026 |
COuntering Manipulation while Preserving Authentic Speech and Society [COMPASS] Principal Investigator (PI); funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme (Research and Innovation Action, RIA). |
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01/2018 - 05/2023 |
Junior Research Group "Digital Citizenship in Network Technologies [DICINT]" Principal Investigator (PI); funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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04/2017 - 12/2017 |
Researcher in the project "Forum Privacy and Self-determined Life in the Digital World" (CO-PI; funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) |
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02/2016 - 03/2017 |
Researcher in the project "Automated Allocation of Volunteers in Major Disasters" (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) |
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2011 - 2012 |
Student research assistant involved in the project “Reception of online science information – Factors of selection and attitude formation” (funded by the German Research Foundation, Priority Program 1409 Science and the general public: Understanding fragile and conflicting scientific evidence) |
| 2010 - 2011 | Student research assistant involved in the project “The relative importance of information source and information complexity for selection and processing of science information in the Internet” (funded by the German Research Foundation, Priority Program 1409 Science and the general public: Understanding fragile and conflicting scientific evidence) |
Professional Memberships and Academic Service
| Since 2026 | Co-Organizer of the Doctoral Consortium of the Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association (ICA), together with Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch and William Marler |
| Since 2023 | Co-Organizer of the Doctoral Workshops of the Media Psychology Division, German Psychological Society (DGPs), together with Sabine Trepte |
| Since 2023 | Associate Editor, Journal of Media Psychology |
| 2025 | Organizer of the 14th Conference of the Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), University of Duisburg-Essen and Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) |
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2018-2020 |
Secretary of the Division Communication and Technology (ICA) |
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Since 2018 |
Deutscher Hochschulverband |
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2017 - 2021 |
Early-Career Researcher Representative of the Division Media Psychology (German Psychological Society DGPs) |
| 2015 - 2017 | Editorial Assistant, Journal of Media Psychology (Hogrefe) |
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Since 2014 |
German Association for Journalism and Communication Research (DGPuK) |
| Since 2013 | German Psychological Society DGPs (Division: Media psychology) |
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Since 2012 |
International Communication Association (Divisions: Communication and Technology, Political Communication, Mass Communication) |
| Since 2012 | Reviewer of more than 100 manuscripts for academic journals, including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Communication Theory, and Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication |
Awards and Scholarships
| 2024 | Best Paper Award, Political Communication Division, International Communication Association (ICA) |
| 2023 | Best Poster Award, Media Psychology Section, German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
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2020 |
Stafford Beer Medal for the article "Are social bots a real threat? An agent-based model of the spiral of silence to analyse the impact of manipulative actors in social networks" |
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2017 |
Best Paper Award of the Division Media Psychology (German Psychological Society) for the article "Monitoring the opinion of the crowd: Psychological mechanisms underlying public opinion perceptions on social media" (published in Media Psychology) |
| 2017 |
Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award (Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association) |
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2015 |
Top Student Paper Award (Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association) |
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2014 |
Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to perform part of the PhD studies at the Nanyang Technological University, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (Prof Joseph Walther) |
| 2011-2012 | Scholarship “Deutschland-Stipendium” for undergraduate students |