Stephan Humer

Dr. phil.
Universität der Künste Berlin · College of Media and Design

Dr. Stephan Humer is Research Director (since 2008) and Principal Investigator of Digital Security Research (since 2012) in the Digital Class of the Berlin University of the Arts, one of the oldest and most renowned Universities in Germany. Several other involvements e.g. at the University of Potsdam and the Technical University of Berlin complete his commitment to serve as a researcher and innovator in the field of Sociology of the Internet and digital analyses. One of his major research topics is the digital identity analysis from a sociological and psychological perspective, so-called "socio-technical Identity Management".

Stephan is a sought-after Interviewee and visiting author for leading international and German online magazines, newspapers, periodicals, radio and TV stations as well as an in-demand speaker and consultant. Respected media like German TV stations ARD, ZDF, 3sat, RTL and Sat.1 as well as ZEIT Wissen, Tagesspiegel, RTL Radio and Austrian ORF, Kurier and Standard reported on his findings.

Research interests

  • Interests
    Digital Communication, Media Theory, Sociology of the Internet

Research experience

  • Teaching: Post graduate - Database Management/MySQL Graduate - Information Retrieval - Data Mining - Statistics - Sociology of the Internet/Media Theory - Data Security and Privacy Theory - Research program for empirical studies Undergraduate - XML and Scan-to-Web/Virtual Library - Sociology of the Internet/Media Theory - Database Management/MySQL - Data Security and Privacy Theory - Computing for social scientists (Beginners) - Computing for social scientists (Advanced) - Information Retrieval
  • Jan 2012
    Research: Digital Security Research (ongoing)
    Universität der Künste Berlin · College of Media and Design · Universität der Künste Berlin
    Berlin
    Sociology of the Internet, Digital Security, Privacy, Surveillance Studies
  • Sep 2009
    Research: DIGAREC (ongoing)
    Universität Potsdam · Universität Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Computer Games, Gamology, Media Theory, Communication Theory, Sociology of the Internet
  • May 2009–
    May 2011
    Research: Director of Digitization Lab
    Fachhochschule Potsdam · Fachhochschule Potsdam
    Potsdam
    Digitization, Laboratory, Communication Theory, Media Theory, Digital Archive
  • Jan 2008
    Research: Networked Systems (ongoing)
    Universität der Künste Berlin · Universität der Künste Berlin
    Berlin
    Media Theory, Sociology of the Internet, Digital Communication

Other

  • Languages
    German (native), English (near-native)
  • Scientific Memberships
    Deutscher Hochschulverband (DHV)
    Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
    Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM)
    Digital Games Research Center (Universität Potsdam)
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Informationsfreiheit e.V. (Mitbegründer)
    a-i3 – Arbeitsgruppe Identitätsschutz im Internet (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
    Forschernetzwerk Surveillance Studies (Universität Hamburg)
    Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung (NTF)
  • Journal Referee
    Zeitschrift für Soziologie (2011)
  • Other Interests
    Forschungs- und Expertenzirkel „Personal Data vs. Economy“ des Institute of Electronic Business e.V. (IEB). Berlin, 2011

    Member of the Program Committee, 3rd International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2011), Singapore Management University

    Editorial Advisory Board “Virtual Community Participation and Motivation: Cross-Disciplinary Theories“. Swansea University, 2010

    Sachverständigengremium zum neuen Personalausweis. Institute of Electronic Business e.v. (IEB), im Auftrag des Bundesinnenministeriums. Berlin, 2010

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