Talks

Invited academic talks, public scholarship, and conference presentations.

Invited academic talks
  • June 2026 Studying the Influence of Influencers Audencia Business School
  • June 2026 VIRENA: Virtual Arena for Research, Education, and Democratic Innovation Warwick Business School
  • April 2026 From Posts to Politics: The Influence of Social Media Personalities Séminaire général, CEVIPOF – Sciences Po
  • April 2025 From Interests to Agencies: How interest groups steer the political agenda Seminar “Policy, Bureaucracy, and Organization”
  • January 2025 Talk at the CIS Annual Colloquium CIS Annual Colloquium
Media and public scholarship
  • October 2025 The role of TikTok in political campaigns Round Table – Dutch Parliament
  • October 2025 Interview on TikTok and far-right reach NL Times
  • July 2025 Interview about the political attention in online spaces Tagesanzeiger
  • February 2025 Panel on Germany’s 2025 national election Karl der Grosse
  • December 2024 Interview about the pending German snap election Radio Energy
  • November 2024 Social media in the US presidential election: the influence of pop culture and celebrities Blick.ch Talkshow on the 2024 US Presidential Election
  • October 2024 Interview about the influence of celebrities on the upcoming US presidential election Radio Energy
  • April 2024 Panel discussion on AI and human rights Karl der Grosse
  • April 2024 Panel discussion on artificial intelligence, democracy, and artistic freedom sogar Theater
  • December 2023 Interview about the influence of pop idol Taylor Swift on the upcoming US presidential election Radio Energy
Conference presentations
  • September 2025 AI-Generated Deepfakes: Impact on Political Figures’ Attributed Credibility and Competence American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
  • September 2025 Beyond Politics: Entertainment Figures as Catalysts for Pro-Social Behavior in Digital Spaces American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
  • January 2025 AI-Generated Deepfakes: Impact on Political Figures’ Attributed Credibility and Competence European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Madrid, Spain
  • January 2025 AI-Generated Deepfakes: Impact on Political Figures’ Attributed Credibility and Competence Swiss Political Science Association Annual Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
  • April 2024 From Entertainment to Engagement? Celebrities’ Political Messaging and Audience Response in the Digital Age COPPR @ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • February 2024 (Dis)information for Hire? Dispelling Exaggerated Concerns about Social Media Influencers’ Role in Spreading Disinformation European Digital Media Observatory, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • October 2023 Fashion and Beauty turn to Politics: When do SMI use their voice to rally for political issues? Digital Democracy Workshop, Zurich, Switzerland
  • June 2023 (Dis)information for Hire? A Computational Exploration of the Extent to which Social Media Influencers Spread or Combat Disinformation European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, with Emma Hoes
  • September 2022 Meritocracy and “Wokeness” at the Expense of Economic Equality? Mapping the Left’s Concepts of Equality with New Data, 1970–2021 American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
  • September 2022 Venue Making American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
  • August 2022 Colleagues or Adversaries: Ministerial Cooperation across Party Lines ECPR General Conference, Innsbruck, Austria
  • May 2022 How Negative Media Coverage Impacts Platform Governance: Evidence from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube ICA Conference, Paris, France
  • September 2021 Considering the Context: Mapping Differences in Issue Meanings across Parties and Time Comparative Agendas Project Annual Conference, Aarhus, Denmark
  • September 2021 Content Moderation in the Digital Democracy: What’s the Problem? American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA (online)
  • January 2020 Beyond Ministerial Portfolios: The Allocation of Issue Responsibilities in Coalition Governments Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
  • September 2019 Coalition Government and Collective Choices: Whose Preferences Govern? American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA
  • September 2019 Ministerial Issue Dominance in Four European Countries American Political Science Association’s Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., USA
  • May 2019 Do Ministries really have a Natural Habitat? Ministerial issue dominance in four European countries Comparative Agendas Project Annual Conference, Budapest, Hungary