Maximilian Krug

Dr. Maximilian Krug is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Communication Studies at Universität Duisburg-Essen, affiliated with the professorship for Multimodal Communication, Social Interaction & Technology led by Prof. Dr. Karola Pitsch. His academic journey includes a PhD (2020) on coordination of activities in theater rehearsals and a master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. He has been a research assistant at Duisburg-Essen since 2015 and completed parental leave in 2021.

Research focuses on regulatory structures of conflict in interpersonal communication, including resistance in face-to-face interaction and incivility in online contexts. He also explores science communication strategies and media effects. Key projects: DFG-funded research on GDR letters to the editor, analysis of incivility in Telegram groups, and AI's role in science communication funded by the College for Social Sciences.

Teaching includes courses on conversation analysis, media effects, and qualitative methods. His work bridges conversation analysis with digital humanities, using eye-tracking and multimodal data. He co-founded the open-access journal fokus:interaktion and serves on ethics committees and examination boards at his faculty.