Jakob Maurer

Jakob Maurer

jakob.maurer@uni-erfurt.de

Research Associate in the LUMEN project (Faculty of Philosophy)

Contact

C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen" / C19.01.24

Office hours

Monday, 9-10 a.m.

Visiting address


Faculty of Philosophy
C19 – research building "Weltbeziehungen"
Max-Weber-Allee 3
99089 Erfurt

Mailing address

Universität Erfurt
Faculty of Philosophy
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt

Jakob Maurer

Background

Jakob Maurer is a research associate in the LUMEN project, in collaboration with the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg.

He received his B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Mannheim in 2024 and his M.Sc. in Psychology from Ulm University in 2026 (master's thesis: Quantifying construct coverage using large language models).

Research interests: Preventive medicine and digital health, machine learning in social science research, innovative teaching and learning methods

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

  • 2026 – present PhD candidate, Chair of Health Communication, University of Erfurt
  • 2024 – 2026 Master of Science in Psychology, Ulm University
  • 2020 – 2024 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Mannheim

Professional and Academic Activities

  • 2023 – 2026 Student Assistant, Centre for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Heidelberg University 
  • 2023 Research Intern, Chair of Educational Psychology, University of Mannheim
  • 2021 – 2022 Student Assistant, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim