Laura Liebig
Laura Liebig was an associated researcher and part of the international research project „Shaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research“. Her research interest and promotion topic is focused on the interdependency between the media discourse and policy decisions.
After her bachelor studies in the subjects media and communications as well as political science, Laura studied in the English-language master’s program „Digital Media and Society“ at the University of Bremen. During her studies, she focused on several theoretical concepts, for instance, the mediatization theory, datafication, algorithms, and the construction of social reality, and wrote her thesis on the topic of „Pandemic Conspiracies“.
Previously, Laura was able to gain work experience and perceived the digitalization of agencies, start-ups, and editorial offices in practice.
Politics & law · Society & cultureDigital Electoral Compass 2021
The Digital Electoral Compass is intended to create transparency, show the parties' positions on digital policy issues and provide an overview of their individual...
Society & cultureShaping 21st Century AI – Controversies and Closure in Media, Policy, and Research
The project investigates the discourse and developments around AI’s “deep learning revolution” over the ten formative years.
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Liebig, L. (2023). Pandemic Conspiracie: A Frame Analysis of German Legacy Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Kommunikation.Medien, 15 (1), 1-28. DOI: 10.25598/JKM/2023-15.1 Publication details
Liebig, L., Güttel, L., Jobin, A., & Katzenbach, C. (2022). Subnational AI policy: shaping AI in a multi-level governance system. AI & Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01561-5 Publication details
Working paper
Jobin, A., Guettel, L., Liebig, L., & Katzenbach, C. (2021). AI Federalism: shaping AI policy within states in Germany. arXiv. Publication details
Other publications
Liebig, L., & Jobin, A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence made in X: die deutsche KI-Policy-Landschaft. Digital society blog. Publication details
Lectures and presentations (5)
Shifting AI Controversies
Agenda-Setting und Discursive Power im deutschen KI-Diskurs
AI Federalism: How Subnational Policy Tackles a ‘Global’ Technology
Communicating AI Policy: How Technology Comes to Matter in Media
Shaping AI – Imaginaries and Controversies of AI in Media and Policy
Panels (1)
Keynote Panel with members from the Shaping AI Team
Moderation of workshops and panels (2)
Shifting AI Controversies – Prompts, Provocations & Problematisations for Society-Centered AI
Shifting AI Controversies
Organisation of events (1)
05.10.2023. Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (National) Further information
Laura Liebig, Lena Marie Henkes, Christian Katzenbach
