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CurrentJan Rau is a Junior Researcher in the Media Research Methods Lab at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, working on its (Social) Media Observatory, a project for the Research Institute Social Cohesion.
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Jan Rau is listed as Researcher Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut at Hans-Bredow-Institut, a with 17 employees, based in Hamburg, Germany. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Jan Rau.
Jan Rau previously worked as Researcher at Hans-Bredow-Institut and Researcher at Research Institute Social Cohesion. Jan Rau holds Phd, Political Communication from University Of Bremen.
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Jan Rau is a PhD researcher in the Media Research Methods Lab at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, working on its (Social) Media Observatory, a project for the Research Institute Social Cohesion. He holds an MSc in the Social Sciences of the Internet from Oxford University and has worked with the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the Computational Social Science Department at GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for Social Science, Princeton University, and the Computational Propaganda Project at the Oxford Internet Institute. His research to date has centred on topics including echo chambers and polarization, public opinion manipulation, right-wing populism and extremism, and the role of digital media as a counterpublic. Jan draws on this research to formulate policy advice for governments and parliaments, as well as engaging frontline workers, presenting at conferences, and delivering workshops in schools and universities.
Listed skills include R, Python, Statistische Datenanalyse, Konferenzkoordination, and 2 others.
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Hamburg, Germany
Jan Rau is a Junior Researcher in the Media Research Methods Lab at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, working on its (Social) Media Observatory, a project for the Research Institute Social Cohesion.
Jan Rau is a Researcher in the Media Research Methods Lab at the Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut, working on its (Social) Media Observatory, a project for the Research Institute Social Cohesion.
London, United Kingdom
Researching the extreme right and disinformation online▪ Projects on extreme right online platforms in Germany and on the UK Election 2019▪ Design and implementation of research frameworks and methodologies▪ Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis from a variety of different sourcesSupporting the Digital Policy and Research team’s work on digital regulation▪ Advised German Parliament working group
London, United Kingdom
Researching the extreme right and disinformation online▪ Projects on extreme right online platforms in Germany and on the European Election 2019 ▪ Design and implementation of research frameworks and methodologies ▪ Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis from a variety of different sources Supporting the Digital Policy and Research team’s work on digital regulation▪ Contributed to the UK online harms white paper consultation submission
Cologne Area, Germany
Researcher in the Computational Social Science Division at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for Social Science ▪ published a systematic literature review about echo chambers on digital media in ZfVP (academic journal)
Research Associate on Professor Andrew Guess’ project "Studying online news consumption and information diets with passive tracking data"▪ researched political news consumption and information diets in the U.S. and Germany▪ development of a news consumer typology based on an analysis of passive web tracking and survey data (ca. 1.4k participants and 6300k log entries) ▪ Implementation of cluster analysis with R
Oxford, United Kingdom
Student research assistant on the Computational Propaganda Project ▪ drafted reports about public opinion manipulation in Germany and Austria▪ studied disinformation online in US elections (qualitative coding of 400 news sources as basis for quantitative analysis)
Düsseldorf Area, Germany
Implementation of civil-education trainings in several formats like weekend seminars or conferences.
Berlin Area, Germany
Product development in marketing; seminar-conception, organization and implementation.
Düsseldorf Area, Germany
Conceptualisation, organisation and implementation of civil education training.
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Cornelius Puschmann Thesis: “Radical Discourse: The internet as a communicative opportunity space for the far-right”
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Ralph Schroeder Thesis: “Digital media as a counter public: The rise of the AfD in Germany” ▪ assessment of the role.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Stier Thesis: "Echo chambers in social media – an empirical assessment of the case of the Munich shooting" ▪.
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Jan Rau works for Hans-Bredow-Institut.
Jan Rau is listed as Researcher Leibniz-Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institut at Hans-Bredow-Institut.
Jan Rau is based in Hamburg, Germany while working with Hans-Bredow-Institut.
Jan Rau has worked for Hans-Bredow-Institut, Research Institute Social Cohesion, Isd (Institute For Strategic Dialogue), Gesis - Leibniz-Institut Für Sozialwissenschaften, and Princeton University.
Jan Rau's colleagues at Hans-Bredow-Institut include Hamid Reza Akrami.
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Jan Rau holds Phd, Political Communication from University Of Bremen.
Jan Rau is listed with skills including R, Python, Statistische Datenanalyse, Konferenzkoordination, Qualitative Forschung, and Quantitative Forschung.
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