Martin Hartung

Dr. Martin Hartung is a researcher at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) in Mannheim, specializing in conversation analysis and applied linguistics. He leads projects such as the Archive for Spoken German (AGD), the Conversation Analysis Information System (GAIS), and the Research and Teaching Corpus of Spoken German (FOLK). His doctoral work (University of Freiburg, 1997) focused on irony in everyday language. Hartung has held roles as a research assistant, freelance consultant, and editor for conversation research journals. He actively contributes to projects on call center communication optimization and publishes on methodological applications of linguistic research in practical settings.

• Education: PhD in Linguistics (1997), University of Freiburg
• Key Roles: Head of AGD, GAIS, and FOLK projects; Editor of 'Conversation Research' journal

His research emphasizes applying scientific methods to real-world communication challenges, with a focus on interactional dynamics and multimodal communication. He also serves as webmaster for the Portal Conversation Research and chairs the Publishing House for Conversation Research.