Michael Homberg

Michael Homberg, born in 1987, studied history, political science and German studies in Cologne. In 2017, he received the Offermann-Hergarten Prize of the University of Cologne for his dissertation, also published as »Reporter-Streifzüge. Metropolitane Nachrichtenkultur und die Wahrnehmung der Welt 1870–1918«. As a Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he conducted research at Stanford University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University. His other publications include »Informationskämpfe« (2019, with Volker Barth) and »Human Rights and Technological Change« (2022, with Benjamin Möckel).