Funding.
04/2025 – 12/2028 – Dis-Ident – Disinformation and identity construction in a democratic society. Analog and digital radicalization processes in the context of antisemitism among adolescents after the 7th of October, 2023
04/2025 - 03/2026 AVERA -Community Data Sprint: Onboarding data owners to the AVERA data trust;
02/2025-03/2028 MOTRA II - Collaborative project in the research cluster for early detection, prevention and abatement of Islamist extremism, second funding phase (Co-PI)
04/2024 - 03/2027 ToxicAInment - Using AI to increase resilience against toxicity in online entertainment (Co-PI)
05/2023 – 04/2026 Radigame – Radikalisierung auf Gaming-Plattformen und Messenger-Diensten (Co-PI)
12/2022 – 11/2024 TATE – Technology Against Terrorism Europe (Co-PI)
04/2022 – 11/2022 Online radicalization – A research project on current trends in online radicalization (PI, deputy project manager)
10/2021 – 12/2021 Expert report – Radicalization on the internet – A research overview from a communication science perspective
07/2020 - 06/2023 KISTRA - Collaborative project in the call for artificial intelligence strategy of the Federal Government - Using articial intelligence for the detection of hate speech (use case: central registration office for hate speech) (Co-PI)
12/2019 - 11/2024 MOTRA - Collaborative project in the research cluster for early detection, prevention and abatement of Islamist extremism (Co-PI)
03/2016 - 09/2018 CONTRA - Countering Propaganda by Narration Towards Anti-Radical Awareness (Co-PI)
09/2014-12/1016 Effects of Counter-Narratives used for prevention purposes against right-wing extremist and Islamic extremist propaganda (Co-PI)
01/2011-03/1012 Propaganda 2.0 - Effects of Right-wing and Islamic Extremist Propaganda Videos in the Internet (Co-PI)
- funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education
- Fund granted to: Mansour-Initiative für Demokratieförderung und Extremismusprävention GmbH, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, University of Cologne, LMU Munich
04/2025 - 03/2026 AVERA -Community Data Sprint: Onboarding data owners to the AVERA data trust;
- Subproject: The multi-platform presence of German-speaking right-wing alternative media and far-right actors
- funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education
- Fund granted to: GESIS, Social Media Observatory at Hans-Bredow Institute, Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, University of Tübingen, University of Mainz, LMU Munich (Diana Rieger & Heidi Schulze)
02/2025-03/2028 MOTRA II - Collaborative project in the research cluster for early detection, prevention and abatement of Islamist extremism, second funding phase (Co-PI)
- funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education together with Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Fund granted to: Federal Criminal Police Office Germany, University of Hamburg, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), LMU Munich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Center for Criminology, Berghof Foundation, German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hochschule Fresenius
04/2024 - 03/2027 ToxicAInment - Using AI to increase resilience against toxicity in online entertainment (Co-PI)
- funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation
- Fund granted to: Yannis Theocharis (TUM), Diana Rieger (LMU), Carsten Schwemmer (LMU)
05/2023 – 04/2026 Radigame – Radikalisierung auf Gaming-Plattformen und Messenger-Diensten (Co-PI)
- funded by the Federal Agency for Education and Research
- fund granted to: Technical University of Berlin, Institut für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft (IDZ), Landeskriminalamt Berlin, Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK), LMU Munich, Modus|zad – Zentrum für angewandte Deradikalisierungsforschung, Munich Innovation Labs, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
12/2022 – 11/2024 TATE – Technology Against Terrorism Europe (Co-PI)
- funded by European Commission
- Fund granted to: SAHER, Tech Against Terrorism, LMU Munich, Ghent University, Swansea University, Dublin University, GNET
04/2022 – 11/2022 Online radicalization – A research project on current trends in online radicalization (PI, deputy project manager)
- funded by the procurement office of the ministry of interior affairs (BMI)
- fund granted to Brigitte Naderer, Heidi Schulze, Sophia Rothut and Diana Rieger
10/2021 – 12/2021 Expert report – Radicalization on the internet – A research overview from a communication science perspective
- funded by the Bonn International center for conversion (BICC)
07/2020 - 06/2023 KISTRA - Collaborative project in the call for artificial intelligence strategy of the Federal Government - Using articial intelligence for the detection of hate speech (use case: central registration office for hate speech) (Co-PI)
- funded by the Federal Agency for Education and Research
- Fund granted to: Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sphere, TU Berlin, Federal Criminal Police Office, LMU Munich, RUB Bochum, University of Duisburg-Essen, Munich Innovation Labs, RWTH Aachen, TU Darmstadt
12/2019 - 11/2024 MOTRA - Collaborative project in the research cluster for early detection, prevention and abatement of Islamist extremism (Co-PI)
- funded by the Federal Ministry of Research and Education together with Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
- Fund granted to: Federal Criminal Police Office Germany, University of Hamburg, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), LMU Munich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - Institute for Technology Asssessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Center for Criminology, Berghof Foundation
- funded by European Commission
- Fund granted to: PMF Research Italy, University of Ghent, LMU Munich, Human Rights Institute Slovakia, Subjective Values Foundation Hungary, Institute of Social Safety Poland
03/2016 - 09/2018 CONTRA - Countering Propaganda by Narration Towards Anti-Radical Awareness (Co-PI)
- funded by European Commission
- Fund granted to: Federal Criminal Police Office Germany, Protection of the Constitution Austria, National Coordinator for Terrorim Defense Netherlands, University of Cologne, University of Mannheim, University of Seville, University of Haifa, Ufuq, 180°Wende, Federal Agency for Civic Education Germany
09/2014-12/1016 Effects of Counter-Narratives used for prevention purposes against right-wing extremist and Islamic extremist propaganda (Co-PI)
- funded by the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Germany (Public agency: German Federal Criminal Police Office)
- Fund granted to Gary Bente, Diana Rieger and Lena Frischlich
01/2011-03/1012 Propaganda 2.0 - Effects of Right-wing and Islamic Extremist Propaganda Videos in the Internet (Co-PI)
- funded by the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Germany (Public agency: German Federal Criminal Police Office)
- Fund granted to Gary Bente, Diana Rieger and Lena Frischlich
