Philipp Müller

Dr. Philipp Müller is a Senior Lecturer and member of the Academic Council at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim (since 2019). He served as Interim Full Professor at the same institute from September 2023 to June 2024. His academic journey includes a PhD from Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (2015, summa cum laude), followed by roles as Research Associate (2010-2014) and Postdoctoral Researcher (2014-2019) at leading institutions. He has held international visiting positions at Sapienza University of Rome (2013), Wageningen University (2024), and the University of Oregon (2025). Since 2024, he co-leads the DGPuK Communication and Politics Division.

His research focuses on political communication, societal cohesion, and the societal impacts of media change/digitalization. Methodologically, he specializes in quantitative methods, particularly computational triangulation. He coordinates empirical methods training at his institute. His work appears in top journals like Journal of Communication, Political Communication, and Digital Journalism, earning prestigious awards.

Engaging society, he contributes expert analyses for organizations like DW Akademie and Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, participates in policy discussions (e.g., for Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), and appears in media outlets including Deutschlandfunk and Süddeutsche Zeitung.