Andreas Jungherr

Andreas Jungherr serves as Professor of Political Science with a specialization in Digital Transformation at Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg and holds a position on the Board of Directors at the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt). His institutional affiliations center on advancing digital policy research through bidt's initiatives including AI-Kampagne and AI-PROP projects.

Jungherr's research examines critical intersections of technology and society, focusing on digital transformation challenges in political systems, AI and big data applications in computational social science, and risk management frameworks for disinformation ecosystems. His work emphasizes methodological innovation in analyzing digital political behavior and societal impacts of emerging technologies.

He actively bridges academic research and public discourse through prominent engagements at re:publica and TINCON conferences, addressing disinformation dynamics, AI ethics in education, digital generational divides, and authenticity in political communication. His contributions include interdisciplinary analyses of human-AI trust frameworks and critical examinations of authoritarian adaptations of large language models.