Elisabeth Schmidbauer, M.A.
Academic Staff
Data donation • Podcasts • Political communication
Research Unit Media Reception and Media Effects
Office address:
Akademiestr. 7
Room 602B
80799 München
About the person
Elisabeth Schmidbauer is a research associate in the research unit of media use and effects led by Prof. Dr. Anna Sophie Kümpel at the Department of Media and Communication at LMU Munich. In her dissertation, she examines the political consequences and effects of (news) podcasts. Another focus of her research is the method of data donation and the recruitment of participants for such studies.
- 2018–2021 Bachelor's degree in Communication with a minor in Sociology at LMU Munich.
- 2021–2023 Master's degree in Communication at LMU Munich.
- From May 2023 to August 2026 Research associate in the project Data Donations 4 Sustainable Change, funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt).
- Since September 2026 research associate in the research unit of media use and effects led by Prof. Dr. Anna Sophie Kümpel