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Luise Koch interviewed by French online newsletter ‘IMPACT - The Evidence’ on the role of digital violence against women on democracy

Democratic debates and policies are shaped by the exchange of views. For a long time, the fact that politically active people are sometimes challenged more explicitly for their views was seen as inherent in the system and resilience was assumed. However, a growing body of research shows that there…

Luise Koch appointed as an advisor to the World Bank on gender norms

Luise Koch will analyse harmful gender norms. She will focus on misogyny and gender discriminatory language on online media platforms such as YouTube and Twitter/X in India, Kenya and Nigeria.

Workshop on online abuse and misogyny against politicians, journalists and activists

The focus of the meeting was the collaborative work on online abuse and misogyny against politicians, journalists and activists in India, Germany and globally.

Henrike Sternberg awarded with Marianne-Plehn Programme of the Elite Network of Bavaria and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

Henrike Sternberg is a scholarship holder of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation funding her doctoral studies. Now, she additionally became a member of the Marianne-Plehn-Programme. It supports outstanding young scientists during their doctoral studies within the German Academic Scholarship…

Dr. Manuela Fritz and co-authors publish study on the use of social media for early detection of diabetes in Indonesia

Manuela Fritz and a team from Indonesia, Germany and Israel recently published a study entitled “Can social media encourage diabetes self-screenings? A randomized controlled trial with Indonesian Facebook users” in the Nature Portfolio Journal - Digital Medicine. Fritz and her co-authors investigate…

Dr. Manuela Fritz was awarded an Add-on Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Economics and Interdisciplinary Business Administration from the Joachim-Herz Foundation

The Add-on Fellowship Program is aimed at young researchers whose economic research questions are interdisciplinary and highly relevant to society and who thus contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The fellows receive financial support of €12,500 and become part of a network of…

Luise Koch and colleagues publish book chapter on the question "Why Do We Need a Territorial Typology of Gender-based Political Violence?"

Luise Koch, Ladyane Souza, Maria Paula Russo Riva, and Raji Ghawi wrote the book chapter about the analysis of the online and offline harms suffered by Brazilian female politicians defending territory. It is part of the book "Victimisation in the Digital Age - An Online/Offline Continuum Approach…

PhD students from the Professorship for Global Health present their research at the ISRA World Conference in Munich

The International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) World Conference was helt at LMU Munich from 30 July to 2 August 2024. Among the speakers were Ines Böhret, Luise Koch, and Nikolay Lunchenkov from the Professorship for Global Health.

First steps of founding the Munich Center for Health Economics and Policy (M-CHEP)

PhD student Nikolay Lunchenkov and Prof. Janina Steinert participated in this year's AIDS conference in Munich

PhD student Nikolay Lunchenkov and Prof. Janina Steinert participated in this year's AIDS conference in Munich. An overview of their various contributions is given below.

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