Elke Greifeneder

Elke Greifeneder is a Professor and Deputy Director at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science, part of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She joined the institution in 2014 as a junior professor and became a full Professor (W3) in 2019. Her research focuses on information behavior in digital environments, including topics like information avoidance, data evaluation patterns, and personal data management.

• Co-leads the DFG-funded project Curating Digital Images with Sharon Macdonald and Christoph Bareither
• Director of the iLab, an 80 m² information behavior and retrieval laboratory

Her work bridges ethnographic methods with eye-tracking technology to analyze sensory data in curation processes. She has previously held academic positions at the iSchool, University of Copenhagen (2012–2014).

Scientific Awards

• Award for Best Information Science Master's Thesis
• Award for Best Dissertation