Jan Dvorak, M.A.

Research assistant

Research assistant at Department of Food Informatics / Computational Science Hub (CSH)

Fruwirthstr. 21
Building 01.39 | Room 1.23
D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
E-Mail

Office hours: by arrangement

Jan Dvorak works as a research assistant in the BMBF-funded project "AI & Data Science Certificate Hohenheim (AIDAHO)". The aim of AIDAHO is to increase the expertise of its participants in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science and Scientific Computing. Students can enroll in the certificate in addition to their main course of study.

More information as well as the current course offer can be found on the AIDAHO website:

https://aidaho.uni-hohenheim.de/en

Research interests

Scandals, Computational Social Science, Political Communication, Social Movements, Journalism, Interdisciplinary Research

Jan Dvorak is pursuing his PhD at the Media Research Group, supervised by Prof. Dr. Jens Vogelgesang, on the topic Political Scandals and Resignations of Federal Politicians.

Publications

Kalb, N., Schlindwein, X., Gottschalk, T.K., Dvorak, J., & Randler, C. (2024). Seasonal variation in the activity pattern of red squirrels and their mammalian predators. Mammal research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-024-00749-y
Dvorak, J. (2024). Outrage, Solidarity, Counterattack: A Content Analysis of Tweets on Two Political Scandals in Germany. Medijske studije (Media Studies), 14(28), 28-48. https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.14.28.3
Schrimpf, T., Dvorak, J., Reich, A., & Vogelgesang, J. (2023). Aus dem Channel, auf die Straße! Wie die Querdenken-Bewegung ihren Protest auf Telegram organisiert - eine quantitative Netzwerkanalyse. M&K, 71(3-4), 285-308. https://doi.org/10.5771/1615-634X-2023-3-4-285
Schlindwein, X. Randler, C., Kalb, N., Dvorak, J., & Gottschalk, T. K. (2023). Seasonal variation in the diurnal activity patterns of Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula) in the forest). Journal of Ornithology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02096-2

Conferences

Schrimpf, T., Dvorak, J., & Lüders, A. (2026, 27.-29. June). Negotiating Identity and Collective Action Online: A semi-automated analysis of textual data from German climate change Movements on Telegram [Presentation]. Social Dynamics of Climate Policy and Sustainable Transformation: Acceptance, Conflict & Cooperation, EASP Meeting, Hohenheim.
Dvorak, J. & Schrimpf, T. (2026, 07.-09. May). Scandal Communication in Social Movements: An Explorative Study of Telegram Data from Querdenken and Climate Activist Networks. [Presentation]. 6th International Conference in Scandalogy, Hamburg.
Dvorak, J. (2026, 04.-06. February). Skandalberichterstattung und politische Rechenschaft. Eine Analyse politischer Konsequenzen in Deutschland (2001-2023). [Presentation]. Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe „Kommunikation und Politik“, Hamburg.
Dvorak, J. (2024, 04.-06. April). Political Scandals: A Systematic Collection of German Cases. [Presentation]. 5th International Conference in Scandalogy, Bamberg.

Curriculum vitae

Since 05/2022	Research assistant in the BMBF-funded project "AI & Data Science Certificate Hohenheim (AIHDAO)"
11/2021 - 03/2022	Scientific assistant at the Institute of Media Studies at the University of Tübingen (Chair: Transformation of Mediaculture)
10/2019 - 04/2022	M.A. Communication management and Analysis, University of Hohenheim
11/2020- 08/2021	Scientific assistant at the Institut of Communication Science at the University of Hohenheim (Department of Media Policy / Media Use Research Group)
08/2017- 12/2017	Digital Filmmaking and Interactive Media, Nanyang Technological University Singapore (exchange semester)
10/2015 - 08/2019	B.A. Media Studies and Political Science, University of Tübingen