Christiane Eilders

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Professor Christiane Eilders is scientific director at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Bochum. She studied communication science at LMU Munich, where she also completed her doctorate in 1996.

After working at the Hans Bredow Institute in Hamburg and at the Social Science Research Center Berlin and completing her habilitation at the Free University of Berlin, she moved to the University of Augsburg as a professor and from there to the HHU Düsseldorf in 2011.

Curriculum vitae

• Since 04/2011 with W2 professorship for Communication and Media Studies at the Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf
• From 05/2007 to 03/2011 W2 professorship in Communication Studies at the University of Augsburg
• 05/2006 Habilitation at the Free University of Berlin (Topic: Structures of Public Opinion Formation in the National Quality Press)
• 03/2001-09/2002 Habilitation fellowship of the DFG, based at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, including a research stay in San Diego, USA January 2002 to March 2002.
• 01/1996-12/2000 Research assistant at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, Department “Public Sphere and Social Movements
• 02/1996 Doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Topic: On the role of news factors in the use and processing of political information)
• 1990-1995 Doctoral studies in communication science
• 1983-1989 Studied Communication Science at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (subsidiary subjects: American Studies, Market and Advertising Psychology)