Katja Kaufmann

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

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

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

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

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

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

Across Mobile Online and Offline Spaces: Reflections on Methods, Practices, and Ethics. Thematic Issue of Media and Communication 10(3). / Kaufmann, K. (Herausgeber:in); Palmberger, M. (Herausgeber:in).
Lisbon: Cogitatio Press, 2022.
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Smartphone-Methoden und ihre Forschungsethik am Beispiel der Digital Migration Studies [Smartphone Methods and their Research Ethics Using the Example of Digital Migration Studies]. / Kaufmann, Katja.
Klagenfurt: Universität Klagenfurt, 2019.
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Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Editorial: Doing Research at Online and Offline Intersections: Bringing Together Digital and Mobile Methodologies. / Kaufmann, K.; Palmberger, M.
in: Media and Communication, Jahrgang 10, Nr. 3, 04.11.2022, S. 219-224.
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Ethical challenges of researching emergent socio-material-technological phenomena: insights from an interdisciplinary mixed-methods project using mobile eye-tracking. / Kaufmann, Katja; Bork-Hüffer, Tabea; Gudowsky, Niklas et al.
in: Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Jahrgang 19, Nr. 3, 10.07.2021, S. 391-408.
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The in(ter)dependencies of mobile online and offline spaces: Reflections on methods, practices, ethics. / Kaufmann, K.; Palmberger, M.; Parreiras, C. et al.
in: AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, Jahrgang 2021, 01.06.2021, S. 1-3.
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(Cyber)Bullying in schools – when bullying stretches across cON/FFlating spaces. / Bork-Hüffer, T.; Mahlknecht, B.; Kaufmann, K.
in: Children's Geographies, Jahrgang 19, Nr. 2, 31.03.2021, S. 241-253.
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Bullying in cON/FFlating spaces – why a ‘space’ perspective matters for understanding young people’s experiences and practices of bullying. / Bork-Hueffer, T.; Mahlknecht, B.; Kaufmann, K et al.
in: AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, Jahrgang 2020, 05.10.2020, S. 1-4.
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Understanding why smartphones are so essential to refugees. / Kaufmann, Katja; Schiocchet, L. (Herausgeber:in); Nölle-Karimi, C. (Herausgeber:in) et al.
Agency and Tutelage in Forced Migration. Wien: Verlag der OeAW, 2020. S. 39-42.
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Ethikkompetenz als Querschnittsaufgabe [Ethics competence as a cross-sectional task]. / Prinzing, M.; Schlütz, D.; Kaufmann, K. et al.
in: Publizistik, Jahrgang 65, 01.07.2020, S. 341-360.
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The Mobile Instant Messaging Interview (MIMI): Using WhatsApp to enhance self-reporting and explore media usage in-situ. / Kaufmann, Katja; Peil, Corinna.
in: Mobile Media and Communication, Jahrgang 8, Nr. 2, 01.06.2020, S. 229-246.
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Mobile Methods: Doing migration research with the help of smartphones. / Kaufmann, Katja; Smets, K. (Herausgeber:in); Leurs, K. (Herausgeber:in) et al.
The SAGE Handbook of Media and Migration.. London: Sage, 2019.
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Mobil, vernetzt, geräteübergreifend: Die Komplexität alltäglicher Smartphone-Nutzung als methodische Herausforderung [Mobile, connected, across devices: The complexity of everyday smartphone use as a methodical challenge]. / Kaufmann, Katja; Katzenbach, C (Herausgeber:in); Pentzold, C (Herausgeber:in) et al.
Neue Komplexitäten für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienanalyse: Analytische Zugänge und empirische Studien. 2018. S. 139-158.
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Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in Vienna. / Kaufmann, Katja.
in: Information Communication and Society, Jahrgang 21, Nr. 6, 06.03.2018, S. 882-898.
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Mit Kriegsflüchtlingen über ihre Smartphone-Nutzung auf der Flucht sprechen: Eine forschungsethische (Selbst)-Reflexion. [Talking with war refugees about their smartphone use on the flight: a (self-)reflection on research ethics]. / Kaufmann, Katja; Prinzing, Marlis (Herausgeber:in); Köberer, Nina (Herausgeber:in) et al.
Migration, Integration, Inklusion. Medienethische Herausforderungen und Potentiale für die digitale Mediengesellschaft. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2018. S. 135-150.
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The smartphone as a snapshot of its use: Mobile media elicitation in qualitative interviews. / Kaufmann, Katja.
in: Mobile Media & Communication: Special Issue on Mobile Methods, Jahrgang 6, Nr. 2, 08.01.2018, S. 233-246.
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Wie nutzen Flüchtlinge ihre Smartphones auf der Reise nach Europa? Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Interview-Studie mit syrischen Schutzsuchenden in Österreich [How do refugees use their smartphones on the way to Europe? Results of a qualitative study among Syrian asylum seekers in Austria]. / Kaufmann, Katja.
in: SWS - Rundschau, Jahrgang 56, Nr. 3, 15.07.2016, S. 319-342.
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Die Rolle des Smartphones im Einkaufsalltag: Erkenntnisse aus einer qualitativen Nutzerstudie [The role of the smartphone in everyday shopping culture: Insights from a qualitative user study]. / Kaufmann, Katja.
in: kommunikation @ gesellschaft, Nr. 16, 27.03.2015, S. 26.
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Keynotes

Invited Lectures

London
When digital connectivity enables physical mobility: The case of Syrian refugees using smartphones on their journey to Austria
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
8 Mar 2018
Vienna
Researching refugees and their smartphone use: Insights and challenges
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2016
Hannover
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]
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
1 Jun 2016

Other Lectures

online
Contested meanings in entangled spaces: The in-situ perception of public places by social media users
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker), Bork-Hüffer, T. (Contributor), Kollert, A. (Contributor), Gudowsky-Blatakes, N. (Speaker) & Rutzinger, M. (Contributor)
6 May 2021
Bilbao
When the refugee’s tool becomes the researcher’s tool: Getting deep into refugees’ smartphone practices with WhatsApp
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
2 Nov 2017
Tartu
Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in Vienna
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
19 Oct 2017
Lisbon
When doing audience research becomes ethically and personally challenging: The case of refugees’ smartphone use on their journey to Europe
Kaufmann, K. ((Co-)Author)
28 Sep 2017
Cologne
Mobility through and with media: The locative media practices of Syrian refugees using smartphones
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
14 Sep 2017
Klagenfurt
Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe durch Smartphones? Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Medienbildung und Empowerment [Social participation through smartphones? Thoughts on the relationship between media literacy and empowerment]
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Eberwein, T. (Speaker)
28 Jun 2017
Munich
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]
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
16 Feb 2017
University of New York in Prague
Carrying media diaries into the future: how WhatsApp enhances self-reporting methodologies
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Peil, C. (Contributor)
9 Nov 2016
Humboldt Universität, Berlin
The empowered refugee: The smartphone as a tool of resistance on the journey to Europe
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
6 Oct 2016
University of Leicester
"The life I had is in my pocket" - how Syrian refugees bridge past and future with the help of their smartphones
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
30 Jul 2016
Uníversität Wien
"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
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
12 Jul 2016
Universität Klagenfurt
Refugees and their smartphones - a research project from a communication studies perspective
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Alhassan, M. (Speaker)
13 Jun 2016
Fukuoka
Measuring media accountability in Europe: A comparative study of infrastructures of media self-regulation in 30 European states
Eberwein, T. (Speaker), Fengler, S. (Contributor), Kaufmann, K. (Speaker), Brinkmann, J. (Contributor) & Karmasin, M. (Speaker)
10 Jun 2016
Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, Berlin
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]
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
5 Nov 2015
University of Tartu
Beyond media reception: Developing material artefacts as part of today's everyday media use
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
25 Jun 2015
Klagenfurt
Die Aneignung und Nutzung mobiler app-basierter Endgeräte als ausdifferenzierende Entwicklung materieller Interfaces
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
23 Jun 2015
University of Copenhagen
Researching Cross-Media Practices: The Smartphone as a Snapshot of its Use
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker)
7 May 2015
Lissabon
Mobile media practices: The transforming role of the smartphone in everyday shopping contexts
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Winter, C. (Contributor)
3 Apr 2014

Popular Lectures

Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften u.a.
Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 2
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Lohmann, M.-I. (Speaker)
14 Sep 2015
Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften u.a.
Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 1
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Lohmann, M.-I. (Speaker)
22 Jun 2015
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Dachpavillon, Wien
Hashtags, Tweets & Instagram: Konzepte, Phänomene und Anwendung von Social Media [Hashtags, tweets & instagram: Draughts, phenomena and use of social media]
Kaufmann, K. (Speaker) & Lohmann, M.-I. (Speaker)
15 Sep 2014

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The Institute

Dr. Katja Kaufmann

Research interests

Completed projects

Lectures

When digital connectivity enables physical mobility: The case of Syrian refugees using smartphones on their journey to Austria

Researching refugees and their smartphone use: Insights and challenges

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]

Contested meanings in entangled spaces: The in-situ perception of public places by social media users

When the refugee’s tool becomes the researcher’s tool: Getting deep into refugees’ smartphone practices with WhatsApp

Navigating a new life: Syrian refugees and their smartphones in Vienna

When doing audience research becomes ethically and personally challenging: The case of refugees’ smartphone use on their journey to Europe

Mobility through and with media: The locative media practices of Syrian refugees using smartphones

Gesellschaftliche Teilhabe durch Smartphones? Überlegungen zum Verhältnis von Medienbildung und Empowerment [Social participation through smartphones? Thoughts on the relationship between media literacy and empowerment]

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]

Carrying media diaries into the future: how WhatsApp enhances self-reporting methodologies

The empowered refugee: The smartphone as a tool of resistance on the journey to Europe

"The life I had is in my pocket" - how Syrian refugees bridge past and future with the help of their smartphones

"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

Refugees and their smartphones - a research project from a communication studies perspective

Measuring media accountability in Europe: A comparative study of infrastructures of media self-regulation in 30 European states

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]

Beyond media reception: Developing material artefacts as part of today's everyday media use

Die Aneignung und Nutzung mobiler app-basierter Endgeräte als ausdifferenzierende Entwicklung materieller Interfaces

Researching Cross-Media Practices: The Smartphone as a Snapshot of its Use

Mobile media practices: The transforming role of the smartphone in everyday shopping contexts

Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 2

Social Media. Erfolgreich kommunizieren für Kultur- und Wissenschaftsinstitutionen [Social Media: Successful Communication for Cultural and Scientific Institutions] 1

Hashtags, Tweets & Instagram: Konzepte, Phänomene und Anwendung von Social Media [Hashtags, tweets & instagram: Draughts, phenomena and use of social media]