Louise Oberhülsmann

Louise Oberhülsmann is a Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Media Research (HBI) in Hamburg, Germany, where she has worked since August 2019 in Research Program 1: 'Transformation of Public Communication – Journalistic and Intermediary Functions in the Opinion Formation Process.' She concurrently serves as Equal Opportunities Officer since March 2022, focusing on equality and intersectionality initiatives.

Holding a Master of Arts (MA) degree, she is pursuing doctoral research titled 'Interpretive Repertoires of Journalistic Roles: Past, Present, and Future Turns in Journalism Research,' examining historical and prospective shifts in journalistic role conceptions.

Her research centers on journalism's evolving relationship with the public, with core interests in journalistic roles, representation, arts-based methodologies, and computational social science approaches to media dynamics.

Within HBI's Research Program 1, Oberhülsmann contributes to interdisciplinary analysis of public communication transformation, while her equality advocacy work demonstrates commitment to inclusive research environments through concrete policy implementation.