Laurens Lauer

Laurens Lauer

I am a Post-doctoral research fellow at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, and a member of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg, Germany. I am associated with the chair for Sociology with focus on Comparative Sociology (Acting Professor: Prof. Dr. Jenny Preunkert), where I completed my Ph.D. on the spread of political fact-checking initiatives under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Sigrid Quack. The thesis is titled “Similar Practice, Different Rationales – Political Fact-Checking Around the World” and has been awarded as the university’s best Ph.D. in Social Sciences in 2022.

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Dr. Laurens Lauer

Fakultät für Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Institut für Soziologie

Anschrift
Lotharstr. 63
47057 Duisburg
Raum
LF 160
Telefon
+49 203 379 4798
Telefax
+49 (0)203 379 5218
E-Mail
Laurens.Lauer@uni-due.de
Webseite
https://www.uni-due.de/soziologie/lauer.php

Funktionen

Die folgenden Publikationen sind in der Online-Universitätsbibliographie der Universität Duisburg-Essen verzeichnet. Weitere Informationen finden Sie gegebenenfalls auch auf den persönlichen Webseiten der Person.

    Artikel in Zeitschriften

  • Graves, Lucas; Lauer, Laurens
    From movement to institution : The “global fact” summit as a field-configuring event
    In: Sociologica Jg. 14 (2020) Nr. 2, S. 157 - 172
    Online Volltext: dx.doi.org/ (Open Access)

    • Beiträge in Sammelwerken und Tagungsbänden

  • Lauer, Laurens; Kauffeld, Simone; Grote, Sven
    Gruppendiagnostik
    In: Handbuch Organisationsdiagnose / Werner, Christian; Elbe, Martin (Hrsg.) 2013, S. 105 - 125
  • Hertel, Guido; Lauer, Laurens
    Führung auf Distanz und E-Leadership – die Zukunft der Führung?
    In: Die Zukunft der Führung / Grote, Sven (Hrsg.) 2012, S. 103 - 118
    Online Volltext: dx.doi.org/
  • Grote, Sven; Kauffeld, Simone; Billich-Knapp, Melanie; Frieling, Ekkehart; Lauer, Laurens
    Kompetenzen und deren Management : ein Überblick
    In: Kompetenzmanagement: Grundlagen und Praxisbeispiele / Grote, Sven (Hrsg.) 2012, S. 35 - 56
  • Lauer, Laurens; Branscheidt, Meret
    Romantische Liebe in der neurobiologischen Forschung
    In: E-Motions: Transformationsprozesse in der Gegenwartskultur / Mixa, Elisaberh; Vogl, Patrick (Hrsg.) 2012, S. 93 - 103

    • Dissertation

  • Lauer, Laurens;
    Similar practice, different rationales
    Duisburg, Essen (2021) iii, 411 Seiten

Research

My general research focuses on the changing framework of (semi-)public mass communication and its implications for social discourses and societal orders in general. This includes new media phenomena and their embeddedness in diverse societal environments and media systems, the actors involved, their novel practices, and their increasingly transnational exchange relations and cooperations.

I have conducted extensive research on the field of (political) fact-checking, covering both fact-checking initiatives in various countries and the community of fact-checkers on a global scale. In particular, my dissertation explored different forms and logics of political fact-checking initiatives in Argentina, Georgia, Italy, and the United States in connection with relevant political and media characteristics of their respective contexts. A manuscript giving a comprehensive overview of the findings of this research project is underway – stay tuned!

Currently, I am working on understanding the international network of fact-checkers, its ability to organize and connect with other stakeholders and fields of activities in the domain of public communication. I am further exploring my more general interests in the area of trust and truth in digital information environments and emerging initiatives that will shape the ideas in this realm.

Publication & Presentations

19/01/2022: Similar Practice, Different Logics: Fact-Checking around the World. Conference: Checking the Fact-Checkers: A Global Perspective, Hong Kong Baptist University.

06/22/2022: Growing a new transnational field: A network view of the global fact-checking movement. Conference: GlobalFact 9 (together with Lucas Graves).

05/28/2022: How to grow a field: Network roles and structures in the consolidation of the global fact-checking movement. Conference: 72th Annual ICA Conference (together with Lucas Graves).

05/27/2021: Who sets the professional agenda? Networks of influence and institution-building in the global fact-checking field, Conference: 71th Annual ICA Conference.

Graves, L. & Lauer, L. (2020): From Movement to Institution. The “GlobalFact” Summit as a Field-Configuring Event”, Sociologica, Vol. 14 No. 2, pp. 157–174.

05/23/2020 „Genesis and Development of a Journalistic Subfield: The 'Globalfact' Summit as a Field-Configuring Event”, Conference:70th Annual ICA Conference (together with Lucas Graves)

01/29/2020 „Die automatische Verifizierung öffentlicher Diskurse – Zum schwierigen Verhältnis von Fact-Checking und Internetplattformen“, Kolloquium TU Berlin, Germany

09/04/2019 “The formation of the International Fact-Checking Network”, together with Lucas Graves; 1st Annual Conference “Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Cooperation Research”; University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

09/27/2018 “Fact-Checking: Die Verifizierung öffentlicher Diskurse“, Conference “Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen”, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Göttingen, Germany

09/15/2017 “Similar practice, different logics: fact-checkers around the world”, Conference “Future of Journalism: Journalism in a Post-truth age?”, Cardiff University`s School of Journalism, Median and Culture, Cardiff, UK

Grote, S., Lauer, L. (2013): Studienbrief „Organisationales Lernen“, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern.

Kauffeld, S., Grote, S. & Lauer, L. (2013): Gruppendiagnostik. S. 105-125 in: Werner, C. & Elbe, M. (Hg.). Handbuch Organisationsdiagnose. München: Herbert Utz.

Branscheidt, M., Lauer, L. (2012): Romantische Liebe in der neurobiologischen Forschung. S. 93-103 in: Mixa, E., Vogel, P. (Hg.), E-Motions. Transformationsprozesse in der Gegenwartskultur. Wien: Verlag Turia + Kant.

Grote, S., Kauffeld, S., Denison, K., Billich-Knapp, M., Lauer, L., Frieling, E. (2012): Kompetenzen und deren Management: ein Überblick. S. 35-56 in: Grote, S., Kauffeld, S., Frieling, E. (Hg.), Kompetenzmanagement. Grundlagen und Praxisbeispiele. 2. überarb. Auflage, Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, 15-34.

Hertel, G., Lauer, L. (2012): Führung auf Distanz und E-Leadership – die Zukunft der Führung? S. 103-118 in: Grote, S. (Hg.), Die Zukunft der Führung. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.