Dr. Katja Kaufmann

Guest Researcher

Email: Katja.Kaufmann(at)uibk.ac.at

Contact & Profile at University of Innsbruck

Research interests

Mobile media, digital technologies, cultural studies, everyday life, mobile for development, refugee studies, digital migration practices, research ethics, mobile methods, qualitative methods, method innovation

Current projects

 

Completed projects

Academic Education

Academic Education

2014 – 2019: Dr. phil. (Communication), Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
Thesis: "Smartphone-Methoden und ihre Forschungsethik am Beispiel der Digital Migration Studies. [Smartphone methods and their research ethics as exemplified by the case of Digital Migration Studies]"

2009 – 2012: MA, University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover, Germany
Thesis: "Einkaufen in einem mobilen, vernetzten Alltag. Eine qualitative Studie zu Mobile Shopping und der Rolle des Smartphones darin. [Shopping in a mobile networked everyday life. A qualitative study into mobile shopping and the role of the smartphone therein]"

2005 – 2009: BA, University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover, Germany
Thesis: "Die Gestaltung der Beziehung zu Musik mit Medien [Shaping one’s relationship to music with media]"

Professional Career

Professional Career

Since 06.2019: Postdoctoral Researcher and Co-PI, Institute for Geography, University of Innsbruck, as well as Guest researcher at CMC in the project “The Digital, Affects and Space” 

01.2019 – 05.2019        Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Geography, University of Innsbruck

11.2013 – 12.2018: Staff member, CMC Vienna

01.2013 – 09.2013: Research assistant, University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover, Department of Journalism and Communication Research (IJK)

2008–2011: Student research assistant, tutor, research project member, University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover, Department of Journalism and Communication Research (IJK)

04.2007 – 09.2007: Internship Account Planning, Jung von Matt/basis, Hamburg

Fellowships & Awards

Fellowships & Awards

2017: Best Student Paper Award, Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) for the paper “Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in Vienna”

Consulting and Refereeing Activities

Consulting and Refereeing Activities

01/2019           Media and Communication

11/2018           International Communication Gazette

Since 05.2018: Reviewer for Studies of Transition States and Societies

Since 04.2018: Reviewer for European Journal of Cultural Studies

Since 03.2018: Reviewer for Geoforum

Since 10.2017: Reviewer for Nordic Journal of Migration Research

Since 11.2016: Reviewer for New Media & Society

Memberships in Professional Associations

Memberships in Professional Associations

Association for Cultural Studies (ACS)

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

German Communication Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – DGPuK)

European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and YECREA Young Scholars Network

AG Populärkultur und Medien der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft

KommunikationsKultur e.V. – Alumni- und Förderverein des IJK Hannover

Congress Organisation

Congress Organisation

Young Academics’ Research Workshop as part of the annual conference of the AG Populärkultur und Medien der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft, Vienna, 30 January 2015; Hildesheim, 5 February 2016; Innsbruck, 3 February 2017; Hamburg, 2 February 2018

Social Media Workshop “Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions” as part of the Viennese Seminars of the Austria Libraries Abroad, Vienna, 15 September 2014, 22 June 2015, 14 September 2015

Hedy Lamarr Symposium (with Medienhaus Wien). Vienna, 23-24 October 2014 

Books and Monographs

Books and Monographs

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Other Articles and Book Chapters

Other Articles and Book Chapters

Popular Articles and Book Chapters

Popular Articles and Book Chapters


Lectures

Keynotes

Keynotes

Invited Lectures

Invited Lectures

  • 14/10/2022
    Kaufmann, K.
    From ‘Bringing Along’ to ‘Doing It Right’ – Positionality, Reflexivity, and Ethics in Media and Migration Research
    Invited lecture as part of the PhD Workshop “Rethinking Positionality in Media and Migration Research” of the ECREA Diaspora Migration and Media Section, virtual event

    Website

  • 10/05/2022 , Ghent
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Using Mobile Messaging in Qualitative Research: The Mobile Instant Messaging Interview (MIMI).
    Invited lecture presented as part of the course “Digital Methods”, Department of Communication, Ghent University
  • 04/03/2022 , Augsburg
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Forschungsethische Herausforderungen in der qualitativen Forschung mit vulnerablen Zielgruppen. [Research ethical challenges in qualitative research with vulnerable groups].
    Invited half-day workshop as part of the workshop series “Ethik in der Kommunikationswissenschaft”
  • 03/03/2022 , London
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mobile Methods in Digital Spaces: Collecting Qualitative Data with Mobile Messaging Apps. [online]
    Invited lecture presented as part of the LSE Department of Methodology Seminar Series, London School of Economics and Political Science.

    Website

  • 25/09/2020
    Kaufmann, K. Bork-Hüffer, T. Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. Rutzinger, M.
    The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS): How digital media and augmented reality change the perception of public spaces [online]
    Digital Humanities Austria: dha go!es digital Day (Virtual Conference)
  • 28/02/2020 , Leipzig
    Kaufmann, K.
    Der Einsatz von mobilem Eye‐Tracking in Mixed Methods‐Designs am Beispiel des interdisziplinären Projekts “The Digital, Affects and Space (DigitAS)” [The use of mobile Eye-Tracking in mixed methods designs using]
    Workshop im Rahmen der IfL Forschungswerkstatt #6: Viele Methoden verderben den Brei? Mixed Methods in der raumbezogenen Forschung
  • 18/11/2019 , Münster
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mit Flüchtlingen forschen: Methodisch-ethische Herausforderungen einer qualitativen Mediennutzungsstudie [Doing research with refugees: Methodical and ethical challenges of a qualitative study on media use]
    M.A. Seminar „Medien und Migration“
  • 31/05/2019
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Smartphone-Methoden und ihre Forschungsethik am Beispiel der Digital Migration Studies [Smart Phone Methods and their Ethics, based on the example of Digital Migration Studies]
    Universitätsöffentliche Präsentation der Dissertation im Rahmen der Defensio, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
  • 29/03/2019 , London
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Using smartphones as means of knowledge-co-production: Experiences from research with refugees
    LSE Symposium “Migration and the Digital City“
  • 29/09/2018 , Wien
    Kaufmann, Katja Mallmann, Fridolin Alhassan, Mouhamad
    Mit Kriegsflüchtlingen über ihre Smartphone-Nutzung auf der Flucht sprechen: Methodische und ethische Herausforderungen [Talking with war refugees about their smartphone use on the run: methodical and ethical challenges]
    Invited Lecture
  • 08/03/2018 , London
    Kaufmann, Katja
    When digital connectivity enables physical mobility: The case of Syrian refugees using smartphones on their journey to Austria
    LSE Research Dialogue: Keyword 'Mobility'
  • 28/04/2017 , Wien
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Google Maps, WhatsApp & Facebook Groups: Das Smartphone auf der Reise syrischer Flüchtlinge nach Österreich [Google Maps, WhatsApp & Facebook Groups: The smartphone on the journey of Syrian refugees to Austria]
    Ringvorlesung "Mehr als Flucht" am Institut für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie der Universität Wien
  • 01/07/2016 , Vienna
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Researching refugees and their smartphone use: Insights and challenges
    Tagung: Refugee Outreach & Research Network
  • 01/06/2016 , Hannover
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Die Rolle des Smartphones auf der und für die Flucht: Erste Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Interview-Studie mit syrischen Flüchtlingen [The role of the smartphone on the run and for fleeing: Results from a qualitative interview study with Syrian refugees]
    Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, IJK

Other Lectures

Other Lectures

  • 03/06/2022 , Innsbruck
    Markl, A. Bork-Hüffer, T. Mahlknecht, M. Kaufmann, K.
    Young People Negotiating Difference in cON/FFlating spaces – The beYOND Project. International workshop “The entanglements of people, materialities and technologies: A joint DigitAS / beYOND workshop” [online]
    University of Innsbruck

    Website

  • 03/06/2022 , Innsbruck
    Kaufmann, K. Melchert, J. Misera, J. Bork-Hüffer, T.
    Digital Media Use in Public Spaces – Results from a Mixed Methods Field Study Using Mobile Eye-Tracking. [online]
    International workshop “The entanglements of people, materialities and technologies: A joint DigitAS / beYOND workshop”, University of Innsbruck

    Website

  • 03/06/2022 , Innsbruck
    Bork-Hüffer, T. Kaufmann, K. Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. Rutzinger, M.
    The Digital, Affects and Space – The DigitAS Projekt. [online]
    International workshop “The entanglements of people, materialities and technologies: A joint DigitAS / beYOND workshop”, University of Innsbruck

    Website

  • 09/09/2021 , Braga
    Kaufmann, K. Bork-Hüffer, T. Rutzinger, M. Gudowsky, N.
    Communication and trust in times of extended realities: Researching the implications of digital media on the perception of physical space with mixed methods [online; postponed from 2020]
    8th European Communication Conference
  • 09/09/2021 , Braga
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mobile methods: Doing migration research with the help of smartphones [online; postponed from 2020]
    8th European Communication Conference
  • 06/05/2021
    Kaufmann, K. Bork-Hüffer, T. Kollert, A. Gudowsky, N. Rutzinger, M.
    Contested meanings in entangled spaces: The in-situ perception of public places by social media users [online]
    4th International Geomedia Conference
  • 27/10/2020 , Dublin
    Kaufmann, K. Rauhala, M. Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. Rutzinger, M. Bork-Hüffer, T.
    Integrating mobile eye-tracking in a mixed methods research design: Ethical standards and practical requirements
    21st Association of Internet Researchers Conference (online)
  • 27/10/2020 , Dublin
    Bork-Hüffer, T. Mahlknecht, B. Kaufmann, K.
    Bullying in cON/FFlating spaces – towards comprehensive spatial analyses of bullying in conflating online and offline spaces
    21st Association of Internet Researchers Conference (online)
  • 06/07/2020 , Heidelberg
    Bork-Hüffer, T. Straganz, C. Kaufmann, K.
    Räumliche (Im-)Mobilitäten junger Erwachsener während der COVID-19-Pandemie
    Online-Symposium „COVID-19 als Zäsur? Geographische Perspektiven auf Räume, Gesellschaften und Technologien in der Pandemie“
  • 01/07/2020
    Kaufmann, K. Straganz, C. Mahlknecht, B. Bork-Hüffer, T.
    Reaching young people during a pandemic with mobile instant messaging interviews: Methodological potentials for the analysis of socio-material-technological spatialities
    Digital Geography Research Group 4th Annual Symposium “Using the Digital: Research Methods, Teaching, and Everyday Practice” (online)
  • 31/01/2020 , Bonn
    Bork-Hüffer, T. Kaufmann, K. Rutzinger, M.
    Mobiles Eye-Tracking mit Datenbrillen zur Unterstützung qualitativer Forschung – ganzheitliche Erforschung von Affekten oder „Metrifizierung des Menschen“? [Mobile eye-tracking with data glasses to enhance qualitative research]
    Tagung „Neue Kulturgeographie“
  • 31/01/2020 , Bonn
    Bork-Hüffer, T. Mahlknecht, B. Kaufmann, K.
    (Cyber-)Mobbing in Schulen – Mobbingpraktiken und die Rolle intersektionaler Identitäten in „cON/FFlating spaces“? [(Cyber-)Bullying in schools – practices of bullying and the role of intersectional identities in „cON/FFlating spaces“?]
    Tagung „Neue Kulturgeographie“
  • 31/01/2020 , Wien
    Kaufmann, K. Bork-Hüffer, T. Rutzinger, M.
    Die Mischung macht’s? Mixed Methods zur interdisziplinären Erforschung von Raumwahrnehmung im Zeitalter von Extended Realities. [Mixed methods for interdisciplinary research on the perception of space in times of extended realities]
    Interdisziplinärer Workshop „#espace: Diskursive Streifzüge durch die raumtheoretische Praxis“
  • 31/10/2019 , Brussels
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Giving refugees a voice through method innovation? Experiences and inspirations from using smartphones in qualitative migration studies
    ECREA Diaspora, Media and Migration Conference 2019 “Digital Fortress Europe”
  • 27/09/2019 , Kiel
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Geographien der Mobilität: Wie syrische Flüchtlinge mit Hilfe ihrer Smartphones auf der Flucht kommunikativ und räumlich mobil werden [Geographies of mobility]
    Deutscher Kongress für Geographie
  • 11/05/2019 , Münster
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Herausforderungen der Forschungsethik bei qualitativen Interviews [Ethical challenges in qualitative interviews]
    64th Annual Conference of the DGPuK
  • 31/10/2018 , Lugano
    Kaufmann, Katja
    On YouTube, Cooking and the Old Life: Digital Practices of Memory-Making in Forced Migration.
    ECREA Communication History pre-conference “Towards a Polyphony of Memory? Media, Communication and Memory in the Digital Age”
  • 05/10/2018 , Hannover
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Smartphone methods: What do the results entail in a methods study?
    PhD-Workshop, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Carsten Winter, Lehrstuhl für Medien- und Musikmanagement
  • 02/11/2017 , Bilbao
    Kaufmann, Katja
    When the refugee’s tool becomes the researcher’s tool: Getting deep into refugees’ smartphone practices with WhatsApp
    International Conference of the ECREA Diaspora, Migration and the Media section together with ICC section “Migration and communication flows: rethinking borders, conflict and identity through the digital”
  • 19/10/2017 , Tartu
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in Vienna
    International Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
  • 28/09/2017 , Lisbon
    Kaufmann, Katja
    When doing audience research becomes ethically and personally challenging: The case of refugees’ smartphone use on their journey to Europe
    Audiences 2030 conference of the CEDAR network and the Audience and Reception Studies sections of ECREA and YECREA
  • 14/09/2017 , Cologne
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mobility through and with media: The locative media practices of Syrian refugees using smartphones
    International workshop "Anthropologies of Media and Mobility: Theorizing movement and circulations across entangled fields”
  • 28/06/2017 , Klagenfurt
    Kaufmann, Katja Eberwein, Tobias
    Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe durch Smartphones? Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Medienbildung und Empowerment [Social participation through smartphones? Thoughts on the relationship between media literacy and empowerment]
    Workshop "Der Mensch im digitalen Zeitalter", Alpen-Adria Universität
  • 16/02/2017 , Munich
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mit Kriegsflüchtlingen über ihre Smartphone-Nutzung auf der Flucht sprechen: Eine forschungsethische (Selbst-)Reflexion Reflexion [Talking with war refugees about their smartphone use on the run: A (self-)reflection from a research ethics’ perspective]
    Jahrestagung des Netzwerks Medienethik und der DGPuK-Fachgruppe "Kommunikations- und Medienethik"
  • 09/11/2016 , Prague
    Kaufmann, Katja Peil, Corinna
    Carrying media diaries into the future: how WhatsApp enhances self-reporting methodologies
    6th European Communication Conference (ECREA)
  • 06/10/2016 , Berlin
    Kaufmann, Katja
    The empowered refugee: The smartphone as a tool of resistance on the journey to Europe
    17th Annual Meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
  • 30/07/2016 , Leicester
    Kaufmann, Katja
    "The life I had is in my pocket" - how Syrian refugees bridge past and future with the help of their smartphones
    Annual Conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR): Memory, Commemoration and Communication: Looking Back, Looking Forward
  • 12/07/2016 , Vienna
    Kaufmann, Katja
    "The smartphone is the most valuable thing we have" - Insights from a qualitative study on how Syrian refugees use their smartphones on their journey to Europe
    Turkish Migration Conference 2016
  • 13/06/2016 , Klagenfurt
    Kaufmann, Katja Alhassan, Mouhamad
    Refugees and their smartphones - a research project from a communication studies perspective
    interdisciplinary workshop "(Forced) Migration & Media"
  • 10/06/2016 , Fukuoka
    Eberwein, Tobias Fengler, Susanne Kaufmann, Katja Brinkmann, Janis Karmasin, Matthias
    Measuring media accountability in Europe: A comparative study of infrastructures of media self-regulation in 30 European states
    Annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA)
  • 05/11/2015 , Berlin
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Mobil, vernetzt, geräteübergreifend: Die Komplexität alltäglicher Smartphone-Nutzung als methodische Herausforderung [Mobile, connected, across multiple devices: The complexity of everyday smartphone use as a methodical challenge]
    Jahrestagung "Medienkommunikation zwischen Komplexität und Vereinfachung - Konzepte, Methoden, Praxis"
  • 25/06/2015 , Tartu
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Beyond media reception: Developing material artefacts as part of today's everyday media use
    ECREA Audience and Reception Studies Conference 2015: Audience Research in a 'Post-Media' Age
  • 23/06/2015 , Klagenfurt
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Die Aneignung und Nutzung mobiler app-basierter Endgeräte als ausdifferenzierende Entwicklung materieller Interfaces
    Universitätsöffentliche Präsentation des Dissertationsvorhabens vor dem Doktoratsbeirat Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt
  • 07/05/2015 , Copenhagen
    Kaufmann, Katja
    Researching Cross-Media Practices: The Smartphone as a Snapshot of its Use
    International Conference "Users across Media"
  • 03/04/2014 , Lisbon
    Kaufmann, Katja Winter, Carsten
    Mobile media practices: The transforming role of the smartphone in everyday shopping contexts
    International Conference on (New) Audience Practices

Popular Lectures

Popular Lectures

  • 14/09/2015 , Wien
    Kaufmann, Katja Lohmann, Marie-Isabell
    Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 2
    3. Wiener Seminar für Mitarbeiter/innen der Österreich-Bibliotheken. Literatur und Öffentlichkeit. Vom Wiener Kongress zu Social Media
  • 22/06/2015 , Wien
    Kaufmann, Katja Lohmann, Marie-Isabell
    Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 1
    2. Wiener Seminar für Mitarbeiter/innen der Österreich-Bibliotheken. Literatur und Öffentlichkeit. Vom Wiener Kongress zu Social Media
  • 15/09/2014 , Wien
    Kaufmann, Katja Lohmann, Marie-Isabell
    Hashtags, Tweets & Instagram: Konzepte, Phänomene und Anwendung von Social Media [Hashtags, tweets & instagram: Draughts, phenomena and use of social media]
    1. Wiener Seminar für Mitarbeiter/innen der Österreich-Bibliotheken. 1914-2014 Zeitpunkte, Zeitsprünge