Zozan Baran

Zozan Baran serves as a Researcher at the Institute of Journalism and Communication Studies within the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the Free University of Berlin. Since 2022, she has contributed to the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre "Re-Figuration of Spaces" through her subproject "Translocal Networks II: Spatial Conflicts and Climate Justice in Social Media," investigating digital mobilization and spatial dynamics in climate activism.

Her academic credentials include:

• M.A. in Sociology - European Societies from Free University of Berlin (2017-2020)
• International Summer School for Intercultural Leadership at Free University of Berlin (2014)
• B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University (2010-2015)

Baran's research synthesizes media effects theory with contemporary political communication, focusing on how social media platforms facilitate translocal climate justice networks while navigating spatial conflicts. Her work examines the re-figuration of physical and digital spaces in environmental movements, particularly analyzing diffusion patterns of climate discourse and spatial resistance strategies within digital public spheres.

As part of the Media Effects Research Unit, she collaborates on projects including "Dynamics of Digital Mobilization" and "Diffusion Dynamics of Conspiracy Theories," contributing sociological perspectives to the university's Weizenbaum-Institut research groups focused on digitalization and transnational public spheres.