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 Asssessment 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)
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
12/2019 - 11/2021 PRECOBIAS - Prevention of Youth Radicalisation Through Self-Awareness on Cognitive Biases (Co-PI)
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