Julia Schilling

Julia Schilling is a Research Assistant and PhD Candidate at the University of Bonn under Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs, focusing on populist political communication and computational linguistics. Previously, she held research roles at the Universities of Hamburg and Mainz, including work on the DFG Project analyzing health discourse during the pandemic. She earned a Master of Education and Master of Arts in English, with a semester abroad at Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English.

Education:

• Master of Education in English and Social Studies (2018–2021), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz
• Master of Arts in English (2019–2020), Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English
• Bachelor of Education in English and Social Studies (2015–2018), Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

Research Interests: Political discourse analysis, computational linguistics, machine learning, corpus linguistics, populist rhetoric, and pandemic communication. Her doctoral work explores populist strategies in social media discourse.

Her research spans health discourse during the pandemic, leveraging computational methods to analyze Twitter and newspaper data across languages. She has contributed to the Digital Data Literacy in Teaching Lab (DDLitLab) and co-led projects on public discourse impacts on healthcare utilization.

Grants & Projects:

• DFG Project: "The Impact of Public Discourse on Health Care Utilization during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021–2023)
• Co-author of studies on pandemic communication and populism at international conferences

Labs & Teams: Active in the DFG Research Conference Pandemics and the IAAK Institute at the University of Bonn.