Ulrich Schade

Herr Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schade is an affiliated associate professor at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, where he teaches in the Master's program 'Applied Linguistics' with focuses on Language Processing and Acquisition. He leads the 'Informationsanalyse' research group at Fraunhofer FKIE in Wachtberg, specializing in analyzing texts and detecting influence campaigns targeting the German public.

Education: Studied Mathematics at Universität Bielefeld (Diplom, 1986), PhD in Linguistics (1990), and Habilitation (1996) on cognitive processes in language production. Held interim professorships at Bielefeld and Stuttgart before joining Fraunhofer FKIE in 2002. Re-habilitated at Bonn (2004) and appointed apl. Professor (2008).

Research emphasizes computational methods for analyzing language and social media content, particularly disinformation campaigns. Active in applied linguistics education and interdisciplinary collaboration with information science.

Lab affiliations include the Fraunhofer FKIE 'Informationsanalyse' group, focusing on text analysis methodologies and real-world applications in communication security.