Prof. Dr. Joachim Allgaier
Communication and Digital Society
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building
40,
Room
106
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda
Germany
Consultation hours: by appointment
Office hours: Monday - Friday
CV
Academic Education
2003 – 2008
Doctoral Research
The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Degree awarded: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
2000 – 2001
ERASMUS Studentship: Participation in the Science, Technology and Society Program
Faculty of Arts and Culture, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
1996 – 2002
Studies of Sociology
Minor subjects chosen: Psychology and Intercultural Communication
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
Degree awarded: Diplom-Soziologe (Dipl.-Soz.)
Previous Positions
2018 - 2020
Senior Researcher
Chair of Society and Technology
Human Technology Center (HumTec), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2017 – 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher
Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics, and Social Sciences of Health (ceres)
Universität zu Köln, Germany
2014 – 2017
Senior Researcher / Deputy Director of Department
Department of Science, Technology and Society Studies
Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
2010 – 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine: INM-8
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, Germany
2011
Honorary Fellow
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
2008 – 2010
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Science and Technology Studies
Universität Wien, Austria
2005 – 2007
Media Researcher in the “Invisible Witnesses” Project
The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
Areas of Research
- Science, Technology and Health Communication
- Science and Technology Studies
- Media, Communication and Popular Culture
- Digital Media
- Online-Videoportals
- Misinformation / Disinformation
- Innovation research
Research Projects
- Empfehlungen in Krisen-Zeiten: Welche Inhalte machen die Empfehlungsalgorithmen von YouTube sichtbar?
Kooperation mit Kantar, Public Division
Auftraggeber: Medienanstalt Berlin Brandenburg (mabb), Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (LFM-NRW), Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM), Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation (LMK), Senat Berlin - New Directions in Science and Environmental Communication: Understanding the Role of Online Video-Sharing and Online Video-Sharing Platforms for Science and Research Communication
Kooperation mit Prof. Dr. Ashely R. Landrum (Texas Tech University, USA)
Frontiers, Lausanne, Schweiz
Memberships
- Founding Member of the International Research Network
Navigating Knowledge Landscapes (NKL) - The Global Young Academy (Alumni)
- European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST)
- Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network
- German Nutrition Society
- German Sociological Association
- Network 3f – food.farm.future
- Society for Threatened Peoples (GfbV)
- DFG Research Network Poesi: Public Online Engagement with Science Information
- Member Expertenkreis Bundeszentrum für Ernährung
- Member Fachliches Beratungsgremium der Zeitschrift Ernährung im Fokus
- Advisory Board Transfer Unit Wissenschaftskommunikation, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Media
(Des-)Information auf Empfehlung? Empfehlungsalgorithmus von YouTube
Shift - Living in the Digital Age
Report: European Science-Media Hub
Interview: European Science-Media Hub
Report: “YouTube ganha dinheiro e desobedece às próprias regras com negacionismo climático”, by Laura Scofield and Matheus Santino. March 29, 2022. Publica:
https://apublica.org/2022/03/youtube-ganha-dinheiro-e-desobedece-as-proprias-regras-com-negacionismo-climatico/
Interview: “GeoPolicy: How a professional YouTuber inspired a science-policy debate in Europe”, by Choe Hill. March 4, 2022. EGU blogs:
https://blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2022/03/04/geopolicy-how-a-professional-youtuber-inspired-a-science-policy-debate-in-europe/
Interview: “nemškim raziskovalcem medijev, o naši ujetosti v krempljih algoritmov”, by Matej Simič. February 19, 2022. Večer:
https://www.vecer.com/v-soboto/z-joachimom-allgaierjem-nemskim-raziskovalcem-medijev-o-nasi-ujetosti-v-krempljih-algoritmov-10270999
https://www.primorske.si/plus/7-val/joachim-allgaier-ce-ljudi-preplavis-z-laznimi-novi
Publications
Publikationen
Talks
Invited Consultant / Speaker
- European Parliament; ARTE television; Berlin Brandenburg Academy of the Sciences; Local Government of Lower Austria; Robert Bosch Foundation; World Conference of Science Journalists (2019); Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference; WissenWerte Conference; Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies Annual Conference (Opening Keynote 2017) and others.
- Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
Further Functions
Invited expert reviewer
European Commission (Horizon 2020), Volkswagen Foundation and various other research institutions, foundations and funding bodies in Europe;
peer-reviewed journals such as Science Communication; Public Understanding of Science; Science and Public Policy; Journalism Practice; Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism; Journal of Science Communication; Environmental Communication; Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies; Social Media and Society; European Journal of Communication; Studies in Science Education, Climatic Change and others.
Jury Member Karlsruhe Science Film Days 2017
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, Hochschule Fulda
Invited Member of the Commission for Digital Strategy and Transformation, Hochschule Fulda