Anna-Maria Linstaedt

Research Associate

Anna-Maria Linstaedt is a research associate in the research program “Transformation of Digital Democratic Discourses.” There, she focuses on the role of polarization in the digital context and assists in the preparation of a DFG application. She is also employed as a research assistant at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, where she focuses on democratic community management by state actors.

Curriculum Vitae

  • Since 01/2026: Research associate in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  • Since 12/2025: Research associate in the research program “Transformation of Digital Democratic Discourses” at CAIS
  • 2022-2025: Research assistant at the Düsseldorf Institute for Internet and Democracy (DIID)
  • 2021-2025: M.A. Political Communication at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  • 2017-2021: B.A. Social Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf