The many faces of GESIS
Vita
Yannik Peters has been working as a research associate (postdoc) in the KODAQS project at GESIS-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences since August 2024. He previously worked as a research associate (Predoc) in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Bonn and in the Research Association NRW Digital Society. He was also a guest lecturer at the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (2021) and the University of Warsaw (2024). He completed his studies in sociology, political science and media studies (Universities of Bonn and Warsaw) with distinction and a thesis on the empirical construction of the European community of values using multiple correspondence analysis. In his PhD thesis, he analyzed the digital transformation of the European public sphere on the basis of classical and modern public sphere theories (Habermas, Fraser, Mouffe) using the Twitter hashtag #EU. His research interests lie in the field of the digital transformation of the public sphere (with a special focus on Europe), digital methods, sociological theory and political communication. As part of KODAQS, he is now focusing on the quality of digital behavioral data.Service
Research
Publications
Journal article
Peters, Yannik, Patrick Nehls, and Caja Thimm. 2023. "Plattformforschung mit Instagram-Daten – Eine Übersicht über analytische Zugänge, digitale Erhebungsverfahren und forschungsethische Perspektiven in Zeiten der APIcalypse." Publizistik 68 (2-3): 225–239. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-023-00786-8.
Chapter in an edited book
Peters, Yannik, and Caja Thimm. 2025 (Forthcoming). "Microblogging." In Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, edited by Alessandro Nai, Max Grömping, and Dominique Wirz, Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383910006_Microblogging_Preprint_Elgar_Encyclopedia_of_Political_Communication.
Anastasiadis, Mario, Yannik Peters, and Caja Thimm. 2025 (Forthcoming). "The Digitalization of Society, Democracy and the Public Sphere - An Introduction to the Field." In The Digital Society - Empirical Perspectives on the Digital Transformation of the Democratic Public Sphere, edited by Mario Anastasiadis, Yannik Peters, and Caja Thimm, Wiesbaden: Springer Nature.
Thimm, Caja, Patrick Nehls, and Yannik Peters. 2022. "Digitale Methoden im Überblick." In Handbuch Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung, edited by Nina Baur, and Jörg Blasius, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37985-8_86.
Editorship
Anastasiadis, Mario, Yannik Peters, and Caja Thimm, ed. 2025 (Forthcoming). The Digital Society - Empirical Perspectives on the Digital Transformation of the Democratic Public Sphere. Wiesbaden: Springer Nature.
Monograph
Peters, Yannik. 2025 (Forthcoming). #EU - Zum digitalen Strukturwandel europäischer Öffentlichkeit. Bonner Reihe der Empirischen Sozialforschung. Berlin, Opladen, Toronto : Barbara Budrich.
Presentation at a conference
Peters, Yannik. 2024. "#EU – Analyzing the Mediatization of the European Public Sphere Using Structural Topic Modeling." ICA Regional Conference “Human Tech Transition: Crises in Mediatized Politics, Society & Economy” , University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 2024-03-15.
Thimm, Caja, Patrick Nehls, and Yannik Peters. 2024. "Disinformation during the Corona Pandemic: Conspiracy Narratives and Counter Strategies on Instagram." International Conference on Social Media & Society, London College of Communication, London, 2024-07-16.
Daikeler, Jessica, and Yannik Peters. 2024. "The KODAQS project – Assessing Data Quality in the Social Sciences." Tools – Indicators – Metrics: Data Quality in Computational Social Science, GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Köln, 2024-12-11.
Peters, Yannik, Patrick Nehls, and Caja Thimm. 2023. "Data Collection on Instagram - Practical and Political Perspectives in Platform Studies." Annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) , Sciences Po Lyon, Lyon, 2023-07-11.
Peters, Yannik, Patrick Nehls, and Caja Thimm. 2023. "Platform Research with Instagram Data: An Overview of Analytical Approaches, Digital Methods, and Research Ethics in Times of APICalypse ." International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, 2023-09-06.
Peters, Yannik. 2022. "Structuring the Structural Change - Reconceptualizing the Digital Transformation of the Public Sphere Using a Multi-Level-Approach." International conference „Quo vadis Digital Democracy? Strengthening and Preserving Democracy in the Digital Age“, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2022-10-30.
Peters, Yannik. 2022. "The Digital Transformation of the European Public Sphere." Media and Publics Conference , Roskilde University, Roskilde, 2022-04-28.
Peters, Yannik. 2021. "Der digitale Strukturwandel europäischer Öffentlichkeit." Ad-hoc-group "Ein neuer, digitaler Strukturwandel von Öffentlichkeit" at the annual conference of the German Sociological Association (DGS) and the Austrian Sociological Association (ÖDS), 2021-08-24.
Peters, Yannik. 2021. "National Filter Bubbles in a Transnational Environment - On the Limitation and Dissolution of Digital Communication in Networked Public Spheres." GESIS Fall Seminar in Computational Social Science, GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Köln, 2021-09-21.
Peters, Yannik. 2021. "Öffentlichkeit oder Öffentlichkeiten? Zur Einheit und Vielheit eines Grundbegriffs der Kommunikations-, Medien- und Sozialwissenschaft." Einheit und Vielheit. Ein Grundproblem des Denkens und der Wissenschaft, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2021-09-17.
Peters, Yannik. 2020. "Who Wants an EU-wide Social Benefit Scheme? Measuring ‘Solidarity’ of 18 EU-countries Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis." GESIS Workshop “Measuring European Solidarity”, GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Köln, 2020-01-27.
Peters, Yannik. 2019. "Europe – A Community Of Shared Values? The Empirical Construction Of European Values Spaces Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis." 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA) "Europe and Beyond: Boundaries, Barriers and Belonging" (RN 21 "Quantitative Methods"), University of Manchester, Manchester, 2019-08-20.
Seminar
Peters, Yannik. 2024. "Offended Freedom, Trigger Points, Digital Capitalism - Sociological Diagnoses of the Present and the Role of the Media." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2024: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2023. "Empirical Media Research ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Wintersemester 2023/24: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2023. "The Platform Society ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2023: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2022. "Introduction to Media Studies ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Wintersemester 2022/23: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2022. "Platforms, Algorithms & Co: The digital transformation of the Public Sphere ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2022: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2021. "Digitalisation of the European Public Sphere ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2021: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2021. "Empirical Media Research." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Wintersemester 2021/22: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2020. "Introduction to Media Studies ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2020. "Introduction to Social Science Methods ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2020: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2019. "Europe: Public Sphere, Media, Politics ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Sommersemester 2019: 2 SWS.
Peters, Yannik. 2019. "Sociology of the Media ." Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Wintersemester 2019/20: 2 SWS.
Event
Peters, Yannik, and Caja Thimm. 2024. "Media - Politics - Power." Student Field trip to Berlin, 2024-05-05 - 2024-05-08.
Peters, Yannik, and Katrin Weller. 2024. "Tools – Indicators – Metrics: Data Quality in Computational Social Science." Online KODAQS Workshop, 2024-12-11 - 2024-12-12. https://www.gesis.org/en/research/conferences/details/article/online-workshop-tools-indicators-metrics-data-quality-in-computational-social-science.
Schröter, Jens, Britta Hartmann, Kathrin Friedrich, Christoph Ernst, Patrick Nehls, Sebastian Randerath, Lea Klingberg, Janin Tscheschel, Yannik Peters, Lucas Curstädt, Tim Schenkl, and Andreas Sudmann. 2023. "Dependencies." Annual Conference of the German Association for Media Studies (GfM), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2023-09-27 - 2023-09-30.
Peters, Yannik, and Patrick Nehls. 2023. "Digital Data and Methods." Interdisciplinary Workshop at the Graduate School “Law, Economies and Society” , Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Munich, 2023-03-06 - 2023-03-06.
Anastasiadis, Mario, Yannik Peters, and Caja Thimm. 2022. "Quo vadis Digital Democracy? Strengthening and Preserving Democracy in the Digital Age." International Conference from the Research Association NRW Digital Society, Universitätsclub Bonn, Bonn, 2022-09-29 - 2022-10-01.
Anastasiadis, Mario, Nina Hahne, and Yannik Peters. 2021. "Quo vadis Digitalization Research?" Interdisciplinary Summer School from the Research Association NRW Digital Society and CAIS, Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Bochum, 2021-09-13 - 2021-09-17.
Thimm, Caja, Regina Ring, Patrick Nehls, and Yannik Peters. 2019. "Fourth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies." Communication & Media Studies Research Network, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2019-09-26 - 2019-09-28.
Thimm, Caja, Mario Anastasiadis, and Yannik Peters. 2018. "Strengthening and Securing Democracy in the Digital Society." Interdisciplinary Summer School from the Research Association NRW Digital Society, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2018-07-23 - 2018-07-27.
Baurmann, Michael, Caja Thimm, Esther Laufer, Matthias Begenat, Mario Anastasiadis, and Yannik Peters. 2017. "Inaugural Conference of the Center for Advanced Internet Studies ." Opening Ceremony, Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, Bochum, 2017-02-03 - 2017-02-03.
Caja, Thimm, Mario Anastasiadis, Jessica Einspänner-Pflock, and Yannik Peters. 2015. "Media Logics Revisited. Modeling the Interplay between Media Institutions, Media Technology and Societal Change." International Symposium, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 2015-09-21 - 2015-09-23.