Johannes von Engelhardt MSc

PhD Candidate / Lecturer

I hold a Bachelor in Communication Science and a Research Master in the Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) (both cum laude).

Between 2007 and 2009, I worked as a lecturer at the UvA (Media & Communication Institute and Department of Political Science) where I taught seminars on public opinion and the role of media in war and conflict, and lectured in the Erasmus Mundus Master's Journalism and Media within Globalisation.

In 2009, I joined Erasmus University as a lecturer at the Department of Media & Communication. As part of the International Bachelor's Programme in Communication and Media (IBCoM), I give the lecture "Introduction to Statistical Analysis" and a range of tutorials in media theory. At the 2011 IBCoM Awards, I received the award for "Best Male Teacher".

My PhD research project at the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture (ERMeCC) focuses on perceptions and interpretations of mediated mass suffering caused by violent conflict or natural disaster and is supervised by Prof. Dr. Jeroen Jansz. I am currently the Chair of the ERMeCC PhD club.

Besides my research and teaching, I also work as a freelancer and consultant in the non-governmental sector. In 2010/2011, I spent five months in Tanzania for a civil society research project at Hivos/Twaweza on new forms of data gathering for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in developing countries.

As a consultant for the World Bank, I am currently involved in a survey panel project, using mobile phones to monitor Public Services such as education, the health system and water infrastructure in the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.