Lukas Benedikt Hoffmann

Lukas Benedikt Hoffmann is a Researcher at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies within the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Free University of Berlin. He is part of the Division Media Use Research and works from Room 168 at Garystr. 55, 14195 Berlin, where he can be reached via email at lukas.hoffmann@fu-berlin.de or by telephone at +49 30 838 61381.

Hoffmann holds a Communication Science Research Master degree from the University of Amsterdam, which he completed with distinction as noted in a May 24, 2023 announcement from his department.

His research focuses on Political Communication, Migration Studies, Media Use Research, and Computational Methods. Hoffmann employs advanced automated content analysis techniques to examine media framing of refugee issues, European identity formation, and digital communication phenomena. His work bridges traditional political communication theory with computational social science approaches.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on comparative media analysis across European contexts, particularly examining how different countries frame refugee crises and European integration issues. His methodological expertise in automated content analysis and survey design represents a significant contribution to the field of computational communication research.

• HORIZONT Award 2019 of the HORIZONT Foundation and dfv Mediengruppe for co-authorship of 'Medialer Wandel und gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt'
• Communication Science Research Master degree at the University of Amsterdam with distinction

Hoffmann teaches multiple courses each semester covering empirical communication research methods, political communication, and migration discourse analysis. His teaching spans from introductory methods courses to advanced seminars on polarization and counterpublics. He has collaborated with colleagues including Martin Emmer, Tong-Jin Smith, and Christian Strippel on various teaching and research projects.

His work connects to broader research initiatives including 'Digital Africa NAMA4PD,' 'Conceptualizing and Measuring Mobile Media Use,' and the Weizenbaum Institute's Research Group 13 'Digital Citizenship.'