Frederik Efferenn

Frederik Efferenn has been Head of Science Communication, Public Relations and Online Editing at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet Society (HIIG) since 2021. As a communication specialist, he finds particular motivation in developing new strategies to communicate research findings about our digital society to different stakeholders. His focus is on working closely with scientists, citizens and journalists to make interdisciplinary findings available to a broad public.

He studied European Ethnology in the Master’s programme at the Humboldt-University Berlin. His research focused on media ethnography with postcolonial and queer theoretical perspectives. In his master’s thesis, he wrote about the mobile dating app Grindr and the digital transformations of homosexual male everyday spaces in Berlin. Before that, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in Empirical Cultural Studies and Media Studies at Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. Here, he went through several journalistic teachings and worked on ethnographic perspectives on diversity, migration, gender and the European region.

As a student assistant, Frederik Efferenn supported the “_Gemeinsam Digital” initiative sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. Its aim is to support small and medium-sized enterprises in their digital transformation. Before joining the HIIG, he worked as a project and social media manager for a digital media company. Prior to that, he worked as an event manager and marketing representative for a business event location.