Andreas Weich

Dr. Andreas Weich is Head of the Media | Transformation department at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media (GEI). He leads projects such as Generative KI als Bildungsmedium and Postdigital Participation in Education, and co-founded the Forum der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft. His research bridges media studies and education, focusing on the sociocultural implications of digital and postdigital media in learning environments.

• Research interests include media and education theory, discourse/dispositive analysis, and digital/postdigital cultures.
• He is a peer reviewer for journals like Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft and merzWissenschaft.
• He received a DFG scholarship for his work on profiling technologies.

Projects:

• GeKIB (2023–): Generative AI as an educational medium in schools
• DigIneq (2023–2026): Digital inequalities in Germany (1970s–1990s)
• Leibniz-ScienceCampus (2019–2027): Postdigital participation in Braunschweig
• Educational Ecosystems (2023–2024): Patterns and services in educational media

Recent articles explore trends in postdigital media constellations, profiling technologies, educational data privacy, and the interplay between digital media and pedagogical dispositive structures.

Scientific Awards:

• DFG Research Training Group 'Automatisms' Scholarship

Notable contributions include monographs on profiling dispositives, edited volumes on postdigital participation, and foundational work on media constellation analysis as an interdisciplinary method.