I am currently research associate at the University of Hohenheim, Germany and senior researcher in the ERC-funded project on the Social Foundations of Online Gaming. My main research interests are online communication and quantitative methods, especially data collection and statistical modeling.
In 2011, I completed my PhD in Communication at the University of the Arts, Berlin, on the subject of content analysis and machine learning. I obtained a M.A. in Communication, Political Science and Sociology from Freie Universität Berlin in 2006 with a thesis on media use and European integration.
Although I have no teaching obligation in my current job, I offer a methods course on online content analysis in Hohenheim every fall. My colleague Jens Vogelgesang and I also frequently host three-day workshops on structural equation and/or multilevel modeling using AMOS or Mplus.